I always hated the noisy *** fbody doors when you shut them ( that metal thwacking around sound inside ) . I did a little diging around in there and found 99 % of the noise is from the slack in the rods for the lock and door handle . . . .

1. get some canopy tape ( one sided )

2. Pull Door panels

3. Carefully pull back vapor barrier

4. Snap the rods outa that black block and move the rod socks ( the little covers that let the door handle rod and lock rod move freely while inside that little block ) so there centered but most the slack is towards the latch side . Cut about 1.2" off the latch side of each ( a little less on the smaller one. ) but leave em on the rod and slide them down towards the latch outa the way for now .

5 Take canopy tape and lay it under the rods by the block to keep a very slight pressure againsed them ( under the socks ) Do a couple in the middle by the little " snap block " doey and a nice 1" by 1" peice on the inside of the door panel where the rod for the door handle first goes back in behind again ( closest to interior passengers door handle ) .

6. I found most the noise was in the hinge slack itself and not the actual rods smaking the inside of the door so I took 2 4" long peices and stacked them up. Stick them on the inside part of the door panel where the rods go behind ( closest to the latch this time ) . Once there on there good and you have decent pressure againsed the rods ( pushing towards the outside of the vehicle ) take the two sock peices you cut earlier and move them into position sheilding the rods from the friction/ pressure of the canopy tape. There should be enough pressure from the insulating tape to keep the little socks in place.


Done no more noise is like a lexus lol

 

were you just bored?? thats a lot of work, and added wieght for some noise

 

You need another knock sensor to go bad so you stay out of trouble.

 

Its the little stuff that drives me nuts like hot chicks with ugly feet

 

lol, then your driving the wrong car remember the headlights RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

yes, nothing like the one eyed blinking transams

 

the f body isnt perfect but they haul ***.

 

Oh yeah

My headlight "bonk" noise fix

For anybody with a transam, the oem headlamps are designed to keep pushing past the stops. When theres a build up of current ( they have hit the stops ) they shut off. Not only does this cause stripping of the teflon internal gear but its ****ing noisy !!

1. Get some of those screws that have built in rubber stoppers ( holow style )

2. remove existing screw from new stops

3. Remove top bumper on each side of the car ( white teflon meterial )

4. Insert new beutiful soft bump stop

Done , no more " BANG " when the lights come up

 

The f-body doesn't seem that fast, not much diff than my car.

 

and how much did you pay for your car?

lets see you on the sea to sky or the hope to princeton

 

too much

and sure...............it is supposed to handle ok........0.9g stock on the skidpad I think.

 

the f body is the best bang for your buck you can get.

 

yep, it is. And I couldn't find one that I wanted for sale.

So I bought the car with the best bang for your buck when you add mods

 

All our cars kick *** lets go race around and cause trouble for the old folk

 

Good to have someone like you on our board with some body shop experience knowing everything about doors etc... I never realized that the noise came from that, I always thought its something to do with the door hitting somewhere or rather & nothing could be done, good to hear, I never even would have bothered to fix this noise cuz its one of those messy jobs & gains no power, plus its something I just don't mind after a while LOL, I think everyone is like that with these cars, just grows to live with the many noises, with me if that was the only imperfection yeah I say try fixing it, but there is so much noise with these cars, only fix is an electric cut-out LOL.