Exige S2: Annoying jarring noise caused by the roof

[Phil-CH]

Hello everyone,

The roof on my Exige S2 makes some very annoying jarring noises at the back-left where the hook of the roof holds it to the car. I've tryed a few solutions to get rid of that annoying sound, but unfortunately no luck what so ever. While it's not as bad (practically non-existant at daytime), the jarring / squicking noise gets very noticable at night time when temperatures drop. The jarring becomes then noticable when the car is in movement, and is most likely caused by the plastic bits moving against each other (either the hook or some other part of the roof at that exact location).

There is absolutely no sound coming from the right side, so I'm sure there should be a way to eliminate the noise it makes!

I've tried loosening the screw that is attached to the hook and notice that this reduces the noise, but I guess driving around with the screw not tightended isn't necessarely the best solution to the problem. Anyone having similar problems and if yes, how did you solve it?



PS: Sorry for posting these things here; I just don't want to be running to the dealer everytime I have a problem/annoyance with the car simply to find there is a 2 minute solution for it. Thanks in advance!

[sja]

When I had the hard top on my 111s it had same problems. Dealer had a quick fix which consisted on two little pieces of rubber between top and car body sorted it.. Apparantley is a common prob so your dealer should be able to sort..

[klemheist]

Undo, lift and fit short piece of foam/rubber draught excluder.

Acts as cushion and its cheap.

[Wee Loon]

I spent an hour or so going around my 111R inserting small pieces of bicycle inner tube cut to shape to isolate all offending plastic to plastic creaks, squeaks and other such noises. Now perfectly silent apart from the crashing suspension but that's normal. I wouldn't waste time with dealers on this type of thing, they're not going to spend the time figuring out the source of the noise, best to do it yourself.

[Phil-CH]

Thanks for the advice. This certainly helps. Will try putting some rubber between the roof and the car and see if that solves the problem!

Cheers Phil