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Old 08-18-2016, 07:21 AM
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Hi,

I recently took a longer than usual journey in my s2000 and noticed at cruising speeds the car is no quieter with the roof up than down due to wind noise, after some researching I found lots of people using shim/spacer kits on the roof strikers to pull the roof in further and everyone seemed to agree it helped a lot.

Dose anyone know where I could purchase one of these kits in the UK?

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Old 08-18-2016, 11:06 AM
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A lot of people just swop strikers from side to side and find that it helps?
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Yep, or make the screw holes into slots of the strikers to allow adjustment/tightening of the roof.
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I use a bit of 4AWG wiring sheathing. Wrap around the hooks, usually last about 2-3 months Pulls mine nice and tight.
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I was looking for something more permanent, I have seen that a lot of people just change to hard top strikers and since I am looking at getting a hardtop in the future this seems to be a decent idea but dose anyone know where I could buy them?
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Originally Posted by Fergy007
I was looking for something more permanent, I have seen that a lot of people just change to hard top strikers and since I am looking at getting a hardtop in the future this seems to be a decent idea but dose anyone know where I could buy them? Thanks
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Originally Posted by Fergy007
I was looking for something more permanent, I have seen that a lot of people just change to hard top strikers and since I am looking at getting a hardtop in the future this seems to be a decent idea but dose anyone know where I could buy them?
Thanks
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