im getting this rattle right behind the driver seat. i only get it when in or near vtec range, which makes it a pain to follow and find. it so annoying i cant enjoy my exhaust note. its definately not the soft top latch or the spare tire bolt and its not the common soft top frame rubbing. i fixed all of these at an earlier point...

someone must have has this problem and found the cause, please!

 

does the rear tray and other plastic pieces have all their clips and screws

 

yes. it sounds like its coming from the roll hoop area but its not! F!!!

 

Seat belt rubbing on the seat makes a squeaky sound. The soft top hinges make a high pitched scritch-scritch kind of sound. I haven't heard them but leftover rivets that were not blown out of the top tubing after a top fabric replacement will rattle and roll around too.

 

good idea! that makes sense! i hope.

judging by the sound it may be this or the soft top tray. problem is...i can barely get in there to screw around. is there a problem with completely removing the soft top tray?

 

Someone posted a similar problem recently, for them it was the spare tire, the screw holding it down was loose.