Window rattle. Fix it before it fails!
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 1:29 pm
It seems these cars are famous (or infamous?) for window rattles. Mine started soon after I got it and got progressively worse. A fellow forum member had the same issue and theirs failed completely and broke the window mechanism.
If caught early this is simply a case of tightening up a screw.
I took my car over to Purplemattfish's place the other week and we had the doors off in order to take a look at it. I did a bit of research first and it seems the bushes are blamed a loft of the time. However, when we got the whole lot stripped down the bushes looked fine.
The cause of all the rattling was actually a single screw. Tightened this up and now it's back, good as new.
The screw is located in the lower part of the door, away from the hinge. It is behind some foam , so to get to it you would either have to remove the foam "blanket" or slice it. Personally I would just slice it and then re-seal with silocone and gaffer tape later.
There is a convenient hole to put your screwdriver through, and beyond that is the screw. Picture below:
The silver you can see in the pic is the dead-mat material we put in the door. Makes one hell of a difference and I cannot recommend it enough. Finally my car sounds like a proper sports car rather than a sardine tin!!!
Hope this helps someone.
P.S. If you find you DO need bushes, I have 2 sets, unopened
If caught early this is simply a case of tightening up a screw.
I took my car over to Purplemattfish's place the other week and we had the doors off in order to take a look at it. I did a bit of research first and it seems the bushes are blamed a loft of the time. However, when we got the whole lot stripped down the bushes looked fine.
The cause of all the rattling was actually a single screw. Tightened this up and now it's back, good as new.
The screw is located in the lower part of the door, away from the hinge. It is behind some foam , so to get to it you would either have to remove the foam "blanket" or slice it. Personally I would just slice it and then re-seal with silocone and gaffer tape later.
There is a convenient hole to put your screwdriver through, and beyond that is the screw. Picture below:
The silver you can see in the pic is the dead-mat material we put in the door. Makes one hell of a difference and I cannot recommend it enough. Finally my car sounds like a proper sports car rather than a sardine tin!!!
Hope this helps someone.
P.S. If you find you DO need bushes, I have 2 sets, unopened