I want to sweeten up my golf

Hey People,

I have a 1988 clipper cabriolet (1.8 Carb) and wanted to know a couple of things on how to sweeten it up, otherwise I'll sell it this summer- eek!

As a soft top (which I love by the way because it just looks better) it is suffering from a few noise issues, I think the lip of the roof vibrates at speed (70mph+) against crosswind and makes a horrible noise- how can I remedy it?

Can someone tell me whether it's worth changing my door and window seals to prevent the drivers window "popping" out when there is a strong cross wind.

And lastly, the car was lowered before I bought and it makes a big bang when I go over a speed bump at more then 20mph or drive over a pothole. Is this because it's bottoming out and my shocks are gone and if so should I raise it up again or just get the shocks sorted?

Thanks

the Banging over potholes could be you need some bump stops fitting.

The_Steed said

 the car was lowered before I bought and it makes a big bang when I go over a speed bump at more then 20mph or drive over a pothole.

over 20mph? speed bumps are meant to slow you down!  

Seriously I have to crawl over speed bumps in my car its one of the downsides of having a lowered car

The_Steed said

As a soft top (which I love by the way because it just looks better)

and the nail varnish dries faster

I have to drive round the slightest pothole, and avoid streets with speedbumps altogether - get used to it!  

Any ideas about the hood?

and what's wrong with 20mph on speedbumps, the main problem is small steep dips on the road and potholes???

Re: the roof - check the rubber seal across the front (above the windscreen) is stuck down properly - sometimes wind whistles along it if not. Maybe the roof isn't adjusted to close tightly enough - does it look tightly shut?
Are the side cables in place, to stop it going baggy?

The hood looks pretty tight from those pics, you do get a fair bit of wind noise in a cabrio to be fair. you get a lot of air noise from the top edges and rear 1/4 edges i find

mine goes much better and is a lot quieter when the roofs down (drying my nail varnish :wink: ) and in the summer the roofs never up anyway

as for the window popping out, past the top seal i expect you mean? does it have electric windows? if it does you can adjust the very crude bolt that acts as the limit stopper on the regulator behind the door panel, mine had some tiny gaps and a bit of tinkering later its completely tight up to the rubbers, and stops were it should, as my drivers one used to raise to far up and the passenger one not enough :roll:

There shouldn't be that much noise at speed but all depends on how tightly the hood engages with the top of the scree. This can be adjusted so have a look.

I suggest fitting some 'A' pillar covers too. I have and it made a huge difference, even the wife noticed it's quieter at speed.

Tian :wink:

Thanks guys, will get on to it and post up what works!

I'm glad to say there's nothing baggy about the roof but I suppose it could be a bit tighter on the hooks in the front, I have noticed that if I drive North or West it does make more noise then if I go South or East (don't laugh it's true) so maybe it's the passenger side clip that needs tightening up  :roll:

I'm not sure what" "A" pillars are but I'm search and find out!

Re: drivers window, they are the oldschool manual ones and the gap appears across the pillar, the top is alright.