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Great write up !! This took me about 15 minutes as well and solved my hatch issues . All this time fumbling with things trying to open my hatch because

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Old 02-09-2013, 11:50 AM   #46 (permalink)
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Great write up !! This took me about 15 minutes as well and solved my hatch issues . All this time fumbling with things trying to open my hatch because of a 2 1/2lb weight. lol
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Old 02-15-2013, 05:05 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Great write up !! This took me about 15 minutes as well and solved my hatch issues . All this time fumbling with things trying to open my hatch because of a 2 1/2lb weight. lol
Ditto. I'll agree with the OP; this is very easy and you'd be a fool to pay someone to do this. Thanks for the write up!
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Old 02-20-2013, 07:11 PM   #48 (permalink)
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I've got a brand-new '13, and the weight was there. Gone now.

The design of the weight, an elastic heavy rubber puck dynamically mounted in a metal frame suggests it is there to prevent rattling, which hatchbacks in general are notorious for. No squeaks/ rattles in 1000 miles now.

And while we are on the subject of weight reduction, do you really need TWO horns? I don't...........
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I've got a brand-new '13, and the weight was there. Gone now.

The design of the weight, an elastic heavy rubber puck dynamically mounted in a metal frame suggests it is there to prevent rattling, which hatchbacks in general are notorious for. No squeaks/ rattles in 1000 miles now.

And while we are on the subject of weight reduction, do you really need TWO horns? I don't...........
That's so random... Now I can't tell what years do and don't have the weight...
And my car only has 1 horn... Not sure where you're seeing the second
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Old 02-24-2013, 10:54 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Nice find!



Maybe you broke a plastic clip?



I hope it helps brother
I found out what was rattling, the rubber/plastic backing on the carpet was rattling against the sub grill/cover
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That's so random... Now I can't tell what years do and don't have the weight...
And my car only has 1 horn... Not sure where you're seeing the second
There's one in the grille area near the radiator (low tone), and another behind the driver's side wheelwell.(high tone)
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Nice to remove a couple of pounds and have the back open properly.....

Thanks! I Will look for the other lumps.

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Nice to remove a couple of pounds and have the back open properly.....

Thanks! I Will look for the other lumps.

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I hope the weight is there for you!
A few members with various years have said that it's not there (2012, and it was Omm370Z's, [if you're reading this] maybe they took the weight out when they installed the Amuse wing???)
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Slightly off topic perhaps, but my dealer comped me some stronger hatch springs out of warranty. I just had to ask nice.

I'm still going to pop out the weight though (kinda on principal...what kind of f'ed up engeneer ADDS weight to a sport?)
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There's one in the grille area near the radiator (low tone), and another behind the driver's side wheelwell.(high tone)
I wonder how the horn will sound from now on. Let's hope is not near a Klaxon horn making the familiar "Aoogha" sound.
Anyway, back to the subject. I pulled the "weight" and It looks more of a dampener than a weight. Could it be possible that it actually absorbs vibrations? I remember, on the helicopters I used to work, you could place a hand anywhere on acft and no (out of the ordinary) vibrations could be felt, except on one spot close to the overhead area. I could tell when the tail rotor system needed to be "balanced" by just placing my hand on that spot.
Relax people, that is just an opinion.
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I wonder how the horn will sound from now on. Let's hope is not near a Klaxon horn making the familiar "Aoogha" sound.
Anyway, back to the subject. I pulled the "weight" and It looks more of a dampener than a weight. Could it be possible that it actually absorbs vibrations? I remember, on the helicopters I used to work, you could place a hand anywhere on acft and no (out of the ordinary) vibrations could be felt, except on one spot close to the overhead area. I could tell when the tail rotor system needed to be "balanced" by just placing my hand on that spot.
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Slightly off topic perhaps, but my dealer comped me some stronger hatch springs out of warranty. I just had to ask nice.

I'm still going to pop out the weight though (kinda on principal...what kind of f'ed up engeneer ADDS weight to a sport?)
Welllllllll... The adding of weight was (and again I ASSume) for petit women back in Japan.

And it looks like a dampener, kind of, it looks more like the weight itself is dampened.
I haven't noticed any ill-effects from removing it, and if it was just a dampener I assume it would be more rubber, less metal
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sweet man thanx. i wish all DIY's were this detailed and easy
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sweet man thanx. i wish all DIY's were this detailed and easy
Thanks!
I try to make it dumb āss proof and with too many pictures just so there really is no confusion
(I know that sometimes I feel like a dumb āss when going through a DIY, and I'm sure others feel that way too)
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