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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 12:43 PM
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Squeaky T-Tops

Hey everyone, I have a 92 RS, with T-tops. they squeak a lot, most of the time I have the radio cranked too loud to hear them but when I have to ride quite, the tops squeak a lot! anny ideas on a quick and (cheap) fix? I put some silicon grease in there the other day but no change.
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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 12:59 PM
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try to tighten the screws that are on the t-tops.

i use spray silicon my myself, a good cleaning begoe with some water and a towel works great also.

U really need to look into subframe connectors, they made all kinds, bolt ons, weldons.

they help tighten the unibody up alot in that area to help reduce body flex.

a very good mod to do.
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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 01:19 PM
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going to get wonder bar in a few days hopefully. and I don't want to sink a lot of money into my car, I have a friend who wants to buy it and I want to get a 91-92 Z with a 350 or 305 tpi that I can swap out eventualy and mod (sfcs, stb and suspension ect...) when I make more money.

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Old Oct 17, 2003 | 03:51 PM
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Use Vaseline to coat all the rubber weather seals...it will lubricate them and soak into the rubber a bit to keep them soft. The squeaking comes from them losing the petroleum in the rubber over time, thus becoming hard. If you go a little heavy on the Vaseline, it will definitely not hurt anything. Do it to the door seals and hatch seals at the same time, you will notice a big difference.
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