anyone here fixed the rattling sunroof? - Honda Prelude Forum

bb2'95 · 01-14-2002, 01:41 AM

has anyone found a way to fix the damn rattle in the sunroof when its open? its so annoying that i never open it.. i think this happens often on our 4th gens...

shadowZZ · 01-14-2002, 02:00 AM

Yes mine use to so i had to take it all apart and tighten each screw and re grease it

Andy93si · 01-14-2002, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by shadowZZ
Yes mine use to so i had to take it all apart and tighten each screw and re grease it

And this worked?

shadowZZ · 01-15-2002, 06:46 PM

yup worked perfectly, especially when my car is almost 10 years old and having the sunroof open at hours at a time the screws get really loose so taking it apart and re assembling it fixes all rattling and such

prelude555 · 01-15-2002, 06:59 PM

how do u remove the sunroof?ive try it but fail

EuroPreludeSI · 01-15-2002, 07:47 PM

i did a tinted glass sunroof conversion

hey zz shadow could you send me some pics of your car to kruelntentionz@aol.com i wanna check that paint job out

"i don't drive fast i just fly low"

not rice · 01-15-2002, 08:56 PM

WELL

For a temporary fix (which I have been doing for years now

):

When it begins to rattle, just push the open (back) button a TINY bit...just for 1/2 a second.

It won't leak or anything either...trust me....it doesn't open it at all just shoves it back a bit. I've left it in the rain, washed the car, etc. after pushing it and it's cool.

Of course, it is just temporary, but will work OK until u decide to fix it.

later

PS sorry if u already knew the trick

OOPs sorry didn't see it was when it is open....for that, just reverse it and push the close (front) button a tad.

Andy93si · 01-15-2002, 08:59 PM

Thanks for the tip, I had not thought of that, but mine rattles most when its open. I guess thats better than rattleing when it is closed though!

brendon2k · 01-16-2002, 08:53 PM

If you can shake it when it is fully open then I think you can get some shimms to put in that make it stable again. Ask absolut he knows how to fix this problem.