yes

 

Damn ok, mine creaks and I thought mine was bad. Mine is perfect compared to yours. I used 1/4 inch weather stripping from home depot to go around the back part of the HT, I only put it on the car not the HT. I feel like my creaking is coming from the top of the front windshield. The guy I bought mine from said he rolled up some electrical tape and put it in where you close the strikers to make the fit a little tighter and that helped him. I have been to lazy to do that for the first 2 months that I've had the top. Maybe soon I will though. Let me know if you try it and how it works.

 

That video almost sounds like a bolt is lose in your car, or something is moving around. I have a forbidden-usa mugen style HT and when I go over bumps I hear creaking sound, but no different than when pressure is put on the carbon fiber. That sounds like you have some kinda of fitment problem. Also, when you engage in higher speeds with your windows up, at what speed do you hear noise? And from where?

Your sound is way different from the squeaking sound I get when I go over bumps. Have you located where the sound is from? Or is it from all over?

 

I agree. It almost sounds like the bolts that used to hold the wind deflector down are loose. I say that because that's a noise that I had after installing my FRP HT. In doing the install one of the nuts was lost. I had to take all the plastics off to install it and I ended up losing the nut somewhere along the way.

Worth a try anyways.

 

It's not loose bolts. Everything has been checked and tightened up. The creaking is coming from the back of the hardtop. Almost around the molding of the car where the HT touches the car on the sides. I noticed the HT has to squeeze over the molding to fit down on the car. And I think thats what is sqeaking. Let me upload photos tmrw.

 

Its definitely the sides where it meets the molding. This is where 90% of the tops squeak. Try this:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

I place it on the side moldings. It stops the squeaking for me but I have to reapply every 3-4 months as the top eventually wears through it.

 

I was really close to pulling the trigger on a replica ht from either companies as well.. Looks like Im going to continue that search for a OEM HT..