so while driving around this past weekend, i detected a thunking in the back of my car. i currently have some sound deadening removed so i can keep an eye out for where a water leak is (i’ve found it, it’s where the taillight mounts. still crafting a solution for that. anyway). it got worse as we drove around on cruddy new england roads.

yesterday i investigated a bit more. turns out i’ve got at least 3 things rattling back there. my hatch rattles/squeaks. i’m not sure what i can do about that, given that it needs to open and whatnot.

the protective plastic casing on my shock rattles against the shock body. i think that one is only noticeable since i have all the sound deadening stuff removed. we’ll see if it gets better after i fix the leak/restore all that stuff. i also checked the torque on all my suspension components, and everything was tight.

the last and worst offender? the previous time i put my jack away underneath my spare tire, i didn’t tighten it down enough. 60 seconds, done.

now, if we could do something about these roads…