Cubera347

On some roads are 2008 hard top makes noies; we took it to the dealer still not fix?

RedTurboMiata

More information would be wonderful. First the year of your car, what kind of sounds it makes, anything you know the dealer tried etc...

Cubera347

2008 red hard top; not really sure what they did other than make the bolts tight

sixshooter

If it squeaks and pops lubricate something. If it bangs and rattles, figure out what needs adjusting or shimming.

Cubera347

Could it be the tires? The car has 15000 miles in it, I thimk bigger tires would help?

FGO

We had an 06 NC hard top, it was rattly on some roads, but was adjustable at the front latch to hold it tighter. It was recently totalled and we have an 08 retractable hard top, it makes some rattles too, variation happens between top down and top up, sometimes it rattles, others not. I have not looked, but I suspect that it is adjustable too. When it rattled, I pushed up against the front latch and the rattle went away, so I know where to focus, perhaps this is your issue as well
Cheers,

Cubera347

Same thing happens to us; we try put small sponge and the help some.
Thanks

FGO

We've found that the plastic housing that surrounds the latch is loose, but dont see a way to tighten it up. it is the source of our rattle and vibration. Dont see a way to check it for tightness, is there any online sourse of pics, exploded views or pages from service manuals? I will post any success we have. It was so bothersome today, we just wadded up some paper towel and stuck it in there, worked, but a bit tacky....
Cheers,
Jon

Captain Bwana

Spray foam and clean up the excess?????

Goose5

I have a 2012 hardtop that did the same thing. My solution was to put some foam around the male ends of mating areas at either end of the top. This resolved the problem. The noise was a squeak, almost link nails on chalkboard. What was happening, the male ends were scraping against the female area. Hope this helps