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Increasing Subwoofer Rattle

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I have a 2012 Rubicon 2-door. Over the past few weeks I have been noticing that when I really crank up the tunes, and there is a good steady bass-line, there has been an obnoxious rattle coming from the back of the Jeep. Think about a rotary-hammer drilling into concrete, that kind of obnoxious. It never really kicked in until I hit a volume level of 20 or so, depending on the song, so I just tried to keep the level below that.

Today, I was out for lunch and now it is rattling even as low as 13 to 14 on the volume. After some investigating, I found it to be the plastic panel between the roll bar and the outer tub. Has anyone else had this problem, and what did you do to fix it?
 
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I have a 2012 Rubicon 2-door. Over the past few weeks I have been noticing that when I really crank up the tunes, and there is a good steady bass-line, there has been an obnoxious rattle coming from the back of the Jeep. Think about a rotary-hammer drilling into concrete, that kind of obnoxious. It never really kicked in until I hit a volume level of 20 or so, depending on the song, so I just tried to keep the level below that. Today, I was out for lunch and now it is rattling even as low as 13 to 14 on the volume. After some investigating, I found it to be the plastic panel between the roll bar and the outer tub. Has anyone else had this problem, and what did you do to fix it?
Yup. Cardboard rolled and stuffed in a gap to keep tension and eliminate the rattle. I've had mine wedged with cardboard since the first week I owned it
 
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