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Originally Posted by TheMidnightNarwhal
Oh my god ok dude I think you're right on the money if not really damn close. I had to glue back on a piece of like wood flexbile trim that's behind A pillar air bag. I had my glove box, A pillar and that panel of went for a test drive ZERO creaking I thought I fixed it with the glue but I was like impossible because last year it was sticked on.
So I put back one piece at a time. Start with A pillar go for a drive, fuckin'a not creak.
So I put the panel in your picture and my picture below and the creaking came back right away. I took it out and it was still there faintly. Not sure if the piece pushed other thing around there or what... but at least I know it's not deep in the dash.
So to be clear, where did you apply your foam/sound deadening?
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I kinda just stuck little pieces here and there where I thought creaking may come from...
I used left over sound deadening material because foam would have compression and the ability to leave piece bulging or still movable. I wanted something that stuck well, created just enough of a tight press that it didn't bulge or have loose bits. I put little pieces where I thought creaking might come from and just continued doing that until when touched and pressed, it had almost no play. I wasn't relying on the sound deadening working as intended, it was just a spacer.
I put some behind the panel you have off, I lifted a little piece of the dash (where you can see the L shaped line above the trim next to the writing on the dash) and stuck a little piece there, I put the piece back on and noticed some areas around the clips still had some play.
You're probably just gonna have to experiment with it. As a side note - I had the blower motor recall done too, unknown if it was affecting it.
If you don't get all of it - I've also heard people say that the side sill piece of plastic (on the skirt) also creaks or can creak when the car flexes You can lift up the edges and stick some stuff in there too to create a tighter fit.