dash rattle

PCV-III · 12-20-2007, 09:19 PM

How does one remove the SPEAKER GRILL above the MVD ?

If I hold my hand on one corner "the dratted rattle" goes away

that I suspect the problem lies there-in

Yes, ours is the 2006 machine

**efusco** · 12-20-2007, 09:24 PM

Just pry up the front edge with a thin spatula or knife...comes up quite easily.

**efusco** · 12-20-2007, 09:25 PM

BTW, while you're at it try disconnecting the speaker wires...you might find, like several of us, that you prefer the increased stereo separation you get by removing that speaker.

SureValla · 12-20-2007, 09:43 PM

really? you dont have yours connected?

**efusco** · 12-20-2007, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SureValla

really? you dont have yours connected?

Hasn't been for about 3 years. It's not a true 'center speaker' as you'd expect in a surround sound system, it's just an equal blend of the front two speakers...hence it serves to balance the sound if you have a driver and passenger...but since I'm usually the only one driving I can shift the balance of the front two speakers so they're equal and disconnecting the center speaker gives much nicer stereo separation.

12-20-2007, 09:19 PM	#1
PCV-III Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ypsilanti, MI Posts: 3 My Car: 2006 Prius Model: Package: #8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Friends: 0	dash rattle How does one remove the SPEAKER GRILL above the MVD ? If I hold my hand on one corner "the dratted rattle" goes away that I suspect the problem lies there-in Yes, ours is the 2006 machine

12-20-2007, 09:24 PM	#2
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,255 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 50 Thanked 263 Times in 158 Posts Friends: 37	Re: dash rattle Just pry up the front edge with a thin spatula or knife...comes up quite easily.

12-20-2007, 09:25 PM	#3
efusco Troll Slayer Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Nixa, MO Posts: 17,255 My Car: 2004 Prius Model: Package: #9 Thanks: 50 Thanked 263 Times in 158 Posts Friends: 37	Re: dash rattle BTW, while you're at it try disconnecting the speaker wires...you might find, like several of us, that you prefer the increased stereo separation you get by removing that speaker.

12-20-2007, 09:43 PM	#4
SureValla Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: White Plains, NY Posts: 505 My Car: 2007 Prius Model: Package: #3 Thanks: 17 Thanked 9 Times in 7 Posts Friends: 0	Re: dash rattle really? you dont have yours connected?