Hardtop rattle
04-04-2016, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by iamxpL' timestamp='1458668989' post='23916252
I only did one thing to stop my rattles. I took a small plastic tube cut off little pieces and placed them over the spikes that go into the catchers on top. Quiet as a church in my cabin.
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04-05-2016, 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by iamxpL' timestamp='1458668989' post='23916252
I only did one thing to stop my rattles. I took a small plastic tube cut off little pieces and placed them over the spikes that go into the catchers on top. Quiet as a church in my cabin.
Hey, Biohazard! Nice to see you are still around.
04-05-2016, 04:27 PM
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zeroptzero posted a good picture although he only placed the foam on the front of the clip, I put foam in the entire area there. Any foam should work, I think I just used some from a package that I recieved at some point. You could go buy some weatherstripping from your hardwarre store as a good alternative.
04-05-2016, 07:22 PM
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zeroptzero posted a good picture although he only placed the foam on the front of the clip, I put foam in the entire area there. Any foam should work, I think I just used some from a package that I recieved at some point. You could go buy some weatherstripping from your hardwarre store as a good alternative.
04-08-2016, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by CR EH
zeroptzero posted a good picture although he only placed the foam on the front of the clip, I put foam in the entire area there. Any foam should work, I think I just used some from a package that I recieved at some point. You could go buy some weatherstripping from your hardwarre store as a good alternative.
The foam I used came from one of those tire gel applicator sponges, I just cut it up into a chunk thick enough to maintain pressure on the two parts of the latch clamshell, so they can't rattle upon themselves. Immediate resolution to latch rattle issues on my hardtop.
This suggestion is if you have latch rattle noise. If your hardtop is rattling then you need to do a proper adjustment as per the Honda shop manual procedure. You can also tighten the tension by removing shims from under the latches (the OEM latches come with 3 shims under each latch), and/or adding washers under the striker plates. It often takes a combination of items to get all of the rattles to disappear, it can be done it just takes some work/adjustment.
04-22-2016, 10:08 AM
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04-27-2016, 01:53 PM
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Another late reply here, but just wanted to say thanks to the responses above. I accepted rattling latches for two years, thinking a quiet ride is just a sacrifice to owning this car... until I realized I could simply shove foam in them. The rattling is gone! Not bad for no cost and 5 minutes of my time. I ended up using a soft foam that was used as packaging. Works great!
05-02-2016, 05:47 AM
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