S3 Exige Window Rattle

[GaryF]

I have an Exige Sport 350 and when the driver's side window is fully down, it rattles in a 'tinkly' kind of way.

Sticking a finger down with gentle pressure against the glass stops it (though is a little impractlcle when cornering). Passenger side is ok.

Both glasses feel firmly mounted when waggled with said finger. If I take the door card off will I be able to make an adjustment to stop it?

[LostCockney]

Mine does the same. I found that opening the exhaust valve does the trick

[GaryF]

Yes, that's funny it does help a little when you do that at higher RPM

I'm still going to see if I can get it fixed as it tinkles away at low speeds. I don't want to perform any adjustment that will make it worse or interfere with the door / roof seal. It's due a service next month so if I haven't got to it by then I'll ask them to take a look. I like to sort little things like this myself though.

[70EXG]

Pretty’ sure they all do the same, I just bring mine up by an inch or two and it stops the rattle

[dan425]

Mine does that too. Tbh, I'd just put it down to it just being one of those Lotus things.

[GaryF]

To follow up on this, fixed the window rattle by adjusting the two screws in the bottom of the door (no need to remove the door card) - a little nip up to pull the glass in tighter was all that was needed. Front screw pulls the front of glass in, rear screw, the rear. When fully up I could feel the driver's side window was a little loose against the seals and had quite a bit of play so this pulled it in and also stopped the 'tinkle' over bumps when the window was fully down.

I also fitted the new soft top and that required a door card off on the passenger side and window stop adjustment to raise the gkass by a few mm to get a water tight seal. Very happy now and enjoying the Exige with the roof off and no rattles