Easy Fix for keys banging into dash noise

[gcraybas]

If you notice your keys banging into dash while accelerating or braking, I found an easy fix. Purchase a sticky pad by Handstands @ brookstone. Cut pad into small square an place on dash @ impact area. This material is spongy with a tacky non-adhesive backing. Check out http://www.handstands.com for pads or gadget grips(pre-cut squares).

[gcraybas]

If you notice your keys banging into dash while accelerating or braking, I found an easy fix. Purchase a sticky pad by Handstands @ brookstone. Cut pad into small square an place on dash @ impact area. This material is spongy with a tacky non-adhesive backing. Check out http://www.handstands.com for pads or gadget grips(pre-cut squares).

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
There is an even easier one, just have your key on the very small keyring that comes with the remote and don't use the larger key ring. Problem solved. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
That only works if you carry the H2 key separate from any other keys you have. While I'm not a key hound (I only have a few other keys on the ring), I like to keep all my keys together...if nothing more than to occasionally give me a sharp jab to the g'nads when I sit down, not http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

is the problem the noise or possible scratches to the dash? scratches add character, and the volume buttons on the steering wheel or stereo eliminate the noise. i recommend Motorhead to completely eliminate all squeaks and rattles.

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by shorterbus:
is the problem the noise or possible scratches to the dash? scratches add character, and the volume buttons on the steering wheel or stereo eliminate the noise. i recommend Motorhead to completely eliminate all squeaks and rattles. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

The noise. My keys band the dash incessantly. Being moderately OCD, it drives me nuts. My wife doesn't notice.

Volume control would be an option...when I drive by myself, but if kiddo or wife are in the truck, that's not an option.

The padding on the dash mostly cures the problem. Instead of a loud clack, clack, clack, you get a much quieter thud, thud, thud that has fewer high frequencies to it and is easier for me to tune out.

BTW, it's not just during accel/decel for me. It's any time driving on uneven road, which is pretty much anywhere.

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
... padding ... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

[KenP]

It's been a long time since this subject has come up and the fixes are always the same. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

Did I read something about a pad?

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Alec W:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by ree:
Being moderately OCD, it drives me nuts. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
This truck will be drving you nuts if you keep it for more than a couple of years then http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif yeah I know. At 2 1/2 years old it already has plenty of noises.

I haven't owned any car that didn't drive me nuts, though.

I've managed to learn a coping technique called "enjoy being nuts."

At the risk of appearing to be a French wank sympathizer, cest la vie.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> but if kiddo or wife are in the truck, that's not an option </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

yeah, my wife doesn't like Motorhead either . .

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by shorterbus:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> but if kiddo or wife are in the truck, that's not an option </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

yeah, my wife doesn't like Motorhead either . . </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

I don't like Motorhead either. But we all like a lot of other 80's rock and metal.

It's the volume the wife and kiddo don't approve of.

i found that Motorhead, while not being to everyone's taste, is the best at drowning out all clunks, rattles, squeaks and wind noise on a far more consistent basis. no chance of a quiet ballad coming up and allowing distracting noises to make it to your ear. and it leaves your ears ringing for a while, keeping you sane between tracks

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by shorterbus:
... and it leaves your ears ringing for a while, keeping you sane between tracks </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ah. You need to pick up some progressive rock stuff (Dream theater is my recommendation) where they do a lot of 10-20 minute tracks.

[mstams]

Just keep trading. That's my solution. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[ROX]

I think I can hear someones bushings squeaking. Hmmm. Yep, I can hear it.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content"> I think I can hear someones bushings squeaking. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

those would be mine, they're ready to disintegrate again.

[Spike]

I also have a fix for the remote banging....I superglued the key remote to the steering column and now it doesn't bang anymore....of course I have to leave the truck running constantly, but hey it was worth it! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Spike]

originally posted by Mac,
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">It's nice to see you still have your humor. Not that I care. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I'm glad to see that your Alter-Ego-Mac is just as snobby as the real life Mac!! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[H2Blondie]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
There is an even easier one, just have your key on the very small keyring that comes with the remote and don't use the larger key ring. Problem solved. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Keeping your keys on a valet key fob works well also. You can keep vehicle keys separate from house or other keys, and if they start hitting the dash, just remove the lower half.

Also, this way you don't have to shut the truck off to run back in to pick up what you forgot...it's a blonde thing!

[dochummer]

I just take it off the ring. PAD http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[DDWH]

truehttp://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

wutz a "pad"?

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[4churchill]

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[4churchill]

padding

[4churchill]

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[4churchill]

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[ree]

Instead of using a PAD, has anyone just removed the black dash panel section or cut a hole in it to try to fix this problem http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_eek.gif

[ree]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PhilD:
Then you'd have no surround around your dash. Cutting a big hole in it wouldn't exactly look great either. Unfortunately I don't think there is a better fix than the pad or small key ring and no other keys. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
I really wasn't being serious http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif That'd just be plain stupid. I was just sort of padding with what looked like real, non-pad content http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[DRTYFN]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by 4churchill http://www.HUMMERNut.net:
you </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Buwahahaha!!!!
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Sig Shortened to please the Almighty Alec </div></BLOCKQUOTE> Alec, someone has a crush on you.http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif

[Efrain]

All padding aside, I just resigned myself to live with the jingling noise. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_frown.gif

[LoLo]

Since MY husband hears NONE of the noises I claim to in my truck, I was convinced it was a MAN thing! I can't believe you men actually hear the tapping noise of the keys on the dash! (or any of the other ones the H2's develop over time!)

I agree with whoever said "keep trading"... certainly my motto with cars! http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[KenP]

I think padding your post count is stupid. I've NEVER done that.

[KenP]

I'm serious.

[KenP]

Really.

[Efrain]

KenP, that's a really great looking avator you have now. Now you can thank me with another post.

[ree]

After a week or two of brutal training, I re-solved the problem by training myself to keep the H2 key ring separate from the rest of my keys...and got rid of the foam pad I had glued to my dash that my wife hated so much due to it's white-tra****ude.

Ahhhh, now I can hear all the other beautiful noises my truck makes. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_mad.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Hum2]

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