Exige roof

[sja]

Any Exige owners had their car back to dealer for creaking roof? I belive there is a "moidification" the dealer can do to stop it creaking. Was wondering if anyone knew what this entailed?

Cheers



>> Edited by sja on Monday 10th October 07:49

[alicrozier]

I picked my car up on Saturday and it creaks badly at the offside rear. The Dealer did warn me that it would probably creak.

Dunno what the mod is but I was going to try tightening/refitting but don't have the special tool...

I guess it will get sorted next week at A/S service.

Cheers,
Ali

sja said:

Any Exige owners had their car back to dealer for creaking roof? I belive there is a "moidification" the dealer can do to stop it creaking. Was wondering if anyone knew what this entailed? Cheers >> Edited by sja on Monday 10th October 07:49

[sja]

Special tool? I thought it was just an allen key, the largest one in the toolkit in the boot?

[Davey S1]

They put larger rubber mounts in it which can do the trick. Mine still creaks occasionally though. Its just natures way of telling you to get a Stage 2 Exhaust.

[rixge]

Was`nt this topic up for conversation a few months ago ? I seem to remember some nuts required lubricating ! This did the trick....

[sja]

Yeah ist been mentioned a few times but no real resolution.. Spoke to dealer and he mentioned Exige mod (mines a 111S) and just wondered what it entailed any if anyone had it done..

[tonyhetherington]

same problem here with my hard top on MY 04 111S (though just taken it off to put soft top on for a holiday) but would be interested to hear of any solutions?!

[[k]ar|]

^^what he said^^

I've just put the hardtop on my 111r and even after 2 days it's started creaking. Previously I tried to fix it my either reseating the roof or tightening the bolts, but if there is anything else, I too would be interested in hearing about it.

Isn't the roof tool a Torx driver rather than an Allen key? It has a star-shaped bit.

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[sja]

Yeah sorry, not too good with tools!

[speedluvver]

Mine had a mod for this at B&C..hope this makes sense... where the U shape pieces go into the plastic retainers, they cut out a section of the bodywork behind this and then put velcro on the U..its then a tighter fit. Since it was done, mine hasnt creaked at all, and thats after taking it off and putting back on a few times..

[sja]

Nope makes no sense at all.. Any pics?

[speedluvver]

will try later...

[S Works]

It's the car telling you that you should leave the hardtop in the garage and take it out for another topless session in the countryside

[jfrf]

my dealer fixed the creak by simply lubing the seals with grease. it did work as well.
as for the roof tool, i just use a 3 pound screwdriver with removeable tips. much easier than the allen key thing

[trance-raver]

exige? or hard top? it does'nt matter!!.. this works.. take the roof off ..spray all the rubbers with wd40..NO MORE SQUEAKS!!!!

[steff]

trance-raver said:

exige? or hard top? it does'nt matter!!.. this works.. take the roof off ..spray all the rubbers with wd40..NO MORE SQUEAKS!!!!

except the wd40 dries out the rubber - best off using rubber and nylon lubricant. (in a yellow can from halfrauds)