Too much boom - keeps breaking gas tank latch..

Tegs4tugs · 07-27-2009, 05:14 PM

Yeah im cool with it being closed as long as it stays that way and sits flush with the body, so far I have gace it a little boom and no break yet but ill test it out some other time and report back but its that little pin that broke, I took some pics you can actually see where it broke.

oyama · 07-28-2009, 12:06 AM

Hey, exactly the same part and area that broke.

Well at least we got a small solution to it, better then totally removing it and cap not flush.

ginxer86 · 06-09-2010, 01:31 AM

Nobody came up with a solid solution yet????????

Tim2189 · 06-10-2010, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ginxer86

Nobody came up with a solid solution yet????????

take the spring out and use a credit card to open the gas tank door...thats wut i do

ginxer86 · 06-10-2010, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by nyc328ci

take the spring out and use a credit card to open the gas tank door...thats wut i do

and it works well??
it won't ever open on its on or rattle?

and How do I do that? please help because i'm gettin my system installed tmw
Thanks

DLE · 07-01-2011, 11:37 AM

Any updates on this problem?

7e90dan · 07-02-2011, 10:13 AM

^you bascially have no choice but to remove the spring. it will break again and again. im only running one 12 and have this problem.

kaigoss69 · 07-02-2011, 12:24 PM

This problem exists because of excessive vibrations within the trunk due to improper subwoofer placement and/or orientation. Do your trunk panels flex like crazy but you hear/feel very little inside the cabin? Do you hear a lot of rattles from the trunk and rear deck? If so, your subwoofer is wasting most the energy it is giving off on exciting panels in your trunk. There are only three remedies I am aware of:

1. Dynamat the hell out of your trunk (this may only partially work)
2. Install the subwoofer infinite baffle, "firing" through the ski pass
3. Get a corner-loaded enclosure

BilLYtheKiD325i · 07-03-2011, 02:41 PM

solution - bulk dynamat, thick dynaliner, bulk accoustic foam behind fuel door in trunk area, rubber grommets/strips under fuel door areas of contact, modify the pin inside the fuel latch (part that breaks) or replace it with a thicker one. purchase fuel latches in bulk quantities

kymedic25 · 05-30-2012, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by kaigoss69

This problem exists because of excessive vibrations within the trunk due to improper subwoofer placement and/or orientation. Do your trunk panels flex like crazy but you hear/feel very little inside the cabin? Do you hear a lot of rattles from the trunk and rear deck? If so, your subwoofer is wasting most the energy it is giving off on exciting panels in your trunk. There are only three remedies I am aware of:

1. Dynamat the hell out of your trunk (this may only partially work)
2. Install the subwoofer infinite baffle, "firing" through the ski pass
3. Get a corner-loaded enclosure

I have VPs corner loaded enclosure and I broke my gas latch today. Any suggestions?

kaigoss69 · 05-30-2012, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by kymedic25

I have VPs corner loaded enclosure and I broke my gas latch today. Any suggestions?

No, that is highly unusual since mine does not vibrate at all even at maximum excursion...

kmarei · 05-30-2012, 11:38 PM

Do all of you have poly fill on your enclosures?
Just curious

07-27-2009, 05:14 PM	#45
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07-28-2009, 12:06 AM	#46
oyama Enlisted Member 10 Rep 45 Posts Drives: Bmw e92 325 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Singapore iTrader: (0)	Hey, exactly the same part and area that broke. Well at least we got a small solution to it, better then totally removing it and cap not flush.
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06-09-2010, 01:31 AM	#47
ginxer86 Private 33 Rep 88 Posts Drives: 06 BMW 323I Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Toronto iTrader: (0)	Nobody came up with a solid solution yet????????
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07-01-2011, 11:37 AM	#50
DLE Second Lieutenant 13 Rep 282 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 328XI Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Memphis iTrader: (0)	Any updates on this problem?
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07-02-2011, 10:13 AM	#51
7e90dan seven 7 Rep 202 Posts Drives: 325i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: long island iTrader: (1)	^you bascially have no choice but to remove the spring. it will break again and again. im only running one 12 and have this problem.
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07-02-2011, 12:24 PM	#52
kaigoss69 Brigadier General 301 Rep 3,969 Posts Drives: '08 335i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: JAX iTrader: (6)	This problem exists because of excessive vibrations within the trunk due to improper subwoofer placement and/or orientation. Do your trunk panels flex like crazy but you hear/feel very little inside the cabin? Do you hear a lot of rattles from the trunk and rear deck? If so, your subwoofer is wasting most the energy it is giving off on exciting panels in your trunk. There are only three remedies I am aware of: 1. Dynamat the hell out of your trunk (this may only partially work) 2. Install the subwoofer infinite baffle, "firing" through the ski pass 3. Get a corner-loaded enclosure __________________ Mobridge DA2 > JBL MS-8 > ARC XDi 600/4 > JBL Gti 408 Mids & Vifa OT19 Tweeters; PG Ti2 1600.5 > Morel HCW-10 & IDMax 15
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07-03-2011, 02:41 PM	#53
BilLYtheKiD325i smashin panties... 23 Rep 134 Posts Drives: 2008 BMW 325i E90 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Perth, Australia. iTrader: (1) Garage List 2008 e90 325i sedan [0.00]	solution - bulk dynamat, thick dynaliner, bulk accoustic foam behind fuel door in trunk area, rubber grommets/strips under fuel door areas of contact, modify the pin inside the fuel latch (part that breaks) or replace it with a thicker one. purchase fuel latches in bulk quantities
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05-30-2012, 11:38 PM	#56
kmarei Major General 750 Rep 6,875 Posts Drives: 2014 BMW 435i X-drive Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Reston, VA iTrader: (34) Garage List 2018 Audi RS5 [0.00]	Do all of you have poly fill on your enclosures? Just curious __________________
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