Folks with 03/04 factory tops, do you notice this?...

[itsnotanova]

I have a question pertaining to my 03 top but it's not about those dimples. Between the second and third beam is a string that goes from one side to the other. There's a sleeve attached to the top canvas and that string sits inside that sleeve. Does anyone know how you tighten that string? The top on my wife's 03 rattles when you get up to speed. I'm pretty sure it's caused by the canvas flapping in the wind. If I push up on that area the noise will go away. You can also feel that sleeve getting beat against the canvas which in return is making the noise.

[PaulE]

Originally Posted by itsnotanova

I have a question pertaining to my 03 top but it's not about those dimples. Between the second and third beam is a string that goes from one side to the other. There's a sleeve attached to the top canvas and that string sits inside that sleeve. Does anyone know how you tighten that string? The top on my wife's 03 rattles when you get up to speed. I'm pretty sure it's caused by the canvas flapping in the wind. If I push up on that area the noise will go away. You can also feel that sleeve getting beat against the canvas which in return is making the noise.

Woody the name of that string in the parts catalog is “Fold Placer”. I think it’s purpose is to pull that section of the top between the bows when the top goes down and folds. You can try shortening the ends of the string where it attaches to the push rails (top frame sides) but I don’t think that will help with the issue. My Fold Placer was always coming loose from those plastic ears and then one of them broke, so I removed the ears, used some small plastic washers and sewed the ends of the strings around the screw on each side. Since then they have stayed in place.