door rattles?

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:18 pm

ok guy's,

my doors were rattling on my S2

i had previously fixed this with some duct tape (on the striker pins) but this was not really very hard wearing! so i've used shrink wrap - from an electrical store - the stuff they use for insulating cables.

i had to buy loads of the stuff for the 4" that i needed so i've got loads left.

if you want some, email me - honestly no trouble as i've no idea what i'll do with the 5m i have sitting in my garage!!!

it's dead easy - slip it over the stricker pin - get a lighter and heat it up and it shrinks - put another one on and do the same then well then you're done! that's it fixed - very very easy and a bit harder wearing than the tape solution.

ninja

Post by **simon** » Sun Aug 07, 2005 10:31 pm

Or you could loosen the striker pin, move it in a bit then tighten it up

However, it does mean that on mine the door isn't quite flush so I may take you up on the offer.

Post by **Shug** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:33 am

The striker pins were a recall from lotus, were they not? I'm sure Marrays should have replaced them with the correct sized item for you...

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 12:41 pm

i didn't buy the car from murray's - got it privately.

ninja

Post by **simon** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:05 pm

I did but no recall, just some tape round the pins then after that didn't work they moved the pins in a bit.

Post by **Shug** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:06 pm

Cool. Pretty sure they were a recall even so... So you'd be entitled to replacements.

Having said that, I'm sure I've heard of dealers just wrapping the pins as well, so maybe not...

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Mon Aug 08, 2005 1:39 pm

i've checked to see if there's an outstanding recall on my car and there's not. my pins were wrapped when i got the car but it was only tape so no idea what's been done previously. the shrink wrap seems to hold up a bit better - not really marked but then it was only "installed" on saturday!

only time will tell

ninja

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 7:04 am

sorry guy's

none left

ninja

Post by **Shug** » Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:49 am

Dammit, I had some interesting "Tweaky" uses in mind for it....