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Hey guys. I just bought back my old celica and have been busy working on it. The exhaust was so loud on this beast that I couldn't hear the rattle until I just replaced my Hi-flo cat with a new quieter and deeper sounding one. Now I can here myself think.

This is the problem - I have a rattle coming from the rear passenger side. I thought it was the hatch - it is not. It is not anywhere in the trunk area. I've narrowed it down to somewhere between the b-pillar and below the rear quarter window. Any thoughts? It is driving me NUTS. I can only here it when I hit a bump. It sounds like the hatch is shaking. But it is not the hatch.

I hope 1 of you knows exactly what it is. thanks.

Wow so I guess this is not a common issue

could be a lot of things.
there's a few threads on here if you look for them.

endlinks and sway bar bushings seems to be a common answer.
if not, could really be anything like loose plastics or a screw.

The bushings are only a few months old, but I'll check them out. It sounds like it's coming from inside the body. I removed all the panels and found nothing. Just thought I was looking in the wrong spot.
Thanks again. I'll check those 2 things out.

Jack it up and grab your rear strut. Try shaking it. Also, check your jack... The scissor jack will make all kinds of noise if it's loose.

checked it and it al looks good. This is driving me nuts. It sounds like something broke off above the rear speaker. the car is clean and everything is tight. I'm going to have to rip all the panels off and probably the rear seat too.
Thanks guys. If I figure this one out, I'll let you know what it was.

rear suspension arm bushings / Trailing arms

I have the same issue, after I have replaced my rear seats...im guessing its the rear seat latch....im going to tackle this issue this weekend....

Let me know how it turns out. I can't get to it until next week. I had a mechanic check out the whole car and he has no clue either.

Slightly loose spoiler bolts?

Check the caliper to see if they are lose. Move them side to side
I had a noise everytime i would hit a bump it would rattle. Turned out to be the slider pins.

Its a rattle can in the trunk

I haven't check them yet. but I definitely will. thanks.

I checked it out yesterday. I had to re-torque my new wheels. So far it looks good, everything was nice and tight. I'm now thinking that it has something to do with the should strap of the seat belt. Sounds like it's right in that area. I'm going to strip the whole back out of it this Friday. Hopefully I'll find it then.

Check the parking brake assembly. Inside the drum the shoes are held in place by hold-down springs. The springs are compressed by being mounted on pins. If the straight pin broke, or the curved pin straightened, the shoe is free to move and rattle against the backing plate.