Hi guys, do your mugen frp hardtop makes any kind of squeaky noise over the bumps? I just purchased a mugen frp hardtop, and it's making quite a bit of noise, I tried to apply some white lithiuam grease, but that that did not solve the problem. How do I fix it?

Thanks in advance.

 

Could it be that installation wasnt 100% correct? Maybe trying to remove it and reinstall it would fix the rattle/squeak or whatnot.

I know of such examples here in Greece but for the orinigal HT not the Mugen one.

2 fellas with the Mugen one never had such problems.

 

Sorry to say, majority of HT owners regardless if its OEM or Mugen, or replicas, they all squeak.. I own a FRP Mugen top, and I've sat in a number of cars with OEM tops too, all squeak.

I've read some where that some people have cut out some fabric to act like a gasket between the hardtop and the mounting brackets because they bolt it on, and this will reduce some squeaks, but not 100%.

I got used to it personally.

 

You might try applying Shin-Etsu to the gasket surfaces rather than the lithium grease, the other alternative is to replace your soft top strikers.

 

where does it squeak, front or back.

 

Just got an OEM hardtop (used) and no squeaking.

Keith

 

i have an OEM one and it started squeaking after a few weeks then it went away a month later. Try using shin-etsu seemed to be the most popular solution when i searched about it when i had the problem. i never used it though too lazy

 

When putting the top on before you secure the strikers, wiggle the hardtop a bit, then secure the strikers. So far this has eliminate all squeaks, anyone who owns a hardtop should be using some sort of grease, I use Shin-Etsu, it works wonder.

 

The main reason why hardtops squeak is because of the body flexing. A couple of months ago I was actually informed by a customer of ours that his hardtop squeaked a lot until he put on his J's fender braces. I guess the braces reinforce the fender area well enough that the body does not flex, which in terms makes the hard top not squeak! I thought that was quite interesting.



-Colin

 

Go to your local Honda/Acura dealer and pick up some anti-squeak tape and put it on the edges of your top. It solved my prob completely.

Doug