squeaky top

GOBLUE

This was the biggest noise issue I had with my top when I bought the car last year. After multiple trial and error fixes, I found that the left side pin was missing the black plastic cap. So the metal pin head was squeaking (loudly!) on the metal bracket when stowed. It was much louder with the top down since the top up provides some pressure down on that point.

The fix was to put a durable adhesive backed clear plastic piece on top of the pin and an adhesive backed foam/felt piece on the metal bracket. This was last year, and I'm happy to report it lasted about 4,000 miles of driving before the friction wore through the plastic piece and I noticed the noise coming back a couple weeks ago. It took all of 5 minutes to put a fresh piece on and the noise is gone again. Now that I know to check that pin, it's an easy fix if it ever comes back!

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2010 370Z Roadster, Touring 6MT, Pearl White on Black, FI CBE