All the rattles from the seats have been successfully nerfed!
Today I tried to make the exhaust hole cover, and I discovered I am horrible at spray painting, because I sprayed way too much every time I tried.
Anyways:
Then I scraped the ugly bubbly paint off, masked off my car, and redid the paint, it's still drying.
In the meantime, I did several hours more sanding at the exhaust pipe and I'm happy to say I give up at this: