OK, so as long as I have had my Mustang, going on 10 years now the trunk tension bars have always made a lot of noise. It has always been annoying but now that I have swapped out the rear suspension for one that is much more stiff the noise is almost unbearable. What can I do to get rid of the noise? I had a friend who had a 67 Mustang who said something about a trunk tension bar tightener tool, but I haven't ever been able to find one. Any help would be super!

 

One rod should have a piece of rubber around it to keep it from rattling.

 

There is a plastic coil on mine. It is wrapped about half way. It almost looks like a corkscrew. It probably keeps them from rattling against each other.
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Like they have said, most vendors sell something that fixs this problems. Its simply a rubber strip that adheres to the bar so they dont clang together. You could perhaps make something yourself that would be more effective..

Or convert to shock lifts...

 

Split a piece of vacuum hose and slide it on.

 

Yeah, or split some rubber gas line and wrap it with that. You might could even use some of that gray foam tubing stuff you wrap pipes for the winter.

 

Exactly what I was thinking...

 

It comes in different sizes, and the 1/2" stuff looks just about right. Hell, down in Georgia, Stephen can probably tell you that the rednecks there wrap it in duct tape.