ever since i swapped my old top with new one
there is big gap between my soft top and windshield frame which causes for wind to come between and it gets loud as i go high speed

i need to kill that gap

anyone know how?

 

HELP!!!!!!

 

I see you have a MY 2000. You need to get the hardtop windshield strikers and Loctite them in. This should resolve your problem.

 

THANK YOU IM GONNA ORDER THOSE

 

hey,

Can you please give a lil more information for what i should do or need to get? and how this will fix the problem??

As i have the same problem... The noise is loud - as if my car is a full time convertible

Thanks

 

here ya go
http://hardtopguy.com/store/customer/produ...0&cat=92&page=1

 

When you buy a hardtop for the earlier models ('00, '01), it comes with bigger, heavy duty windshield strikers. These are just different enough that when you lock down the softop, it gets pulled forward a bit more to help close the gap if there is one and to compress the rubber weather seal more. And since they are installed using Loctite, they resist coming loose in time.
Look at the thing in the windshield that the softop latch hooks onto. It is a plate that has 3 mountings holes. You need the left and right one.
I don't recall the exact year, but the later ones came with the heavy duty strikers from the factory even if you don't ever get a hardtop.
You should check with the dealer. Some have been known to do a TSB by providing the HD strikers.
You need item 62 shown here:
http://www.slhondaparts.com/browse.asp?Mod...&ViewParts=true
Just make sure you get the one for the later cars or for the hardtop.

 

This is an even better illustration than mine.

 

One day I'll buy the real deal from hardtopguy as advised here. But I'm a tinkerer so when I'd experienced the same increased noise subsequent to ragtop conversion, I decided to take action. I removed my striker plates, used them as a template against some extra vinyl flooring I had in the garage and then using 2 layers, I screwed the striker plates back in. Reduced noise signficantly...but there was still a liiiiitle bit more noise left to deal with... Ultimately, added a little snippet of black tube hose and slipped the hook through the little snippet. That "added thickness" really did the trick. And a foot of hose from the hardware store has a lot of snippets in its lifetime...when the first set wears out, replace them .

Again, the above suggestions are for the penny-pincher in us. The '02+ hardtop strikers that hardtopguy.com offers is the best solution if you don't want to be bothered with a DIY project requiring more than a screwdriver.

- Dave

 

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