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Title: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 16 January 2010, 16:50

The boot carpet in the right corner, behind the offside rear light got wet after the rain...It hasn't spread around the whole boot, so I want to stop it, before it gets too bad.

So where's the water coming from? My first thought is the aerial?

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: Andy-H on 16 January 2010, 16:54

I would check the seal around the back of the light hasn't got damaged Mate  :smiley:.

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: whiter_than_white on 16 January 2010, 17:04

yeah i'd be sorting a new seal for that light unit first, if you cant get one then a tube of silicon is always a winner

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 16 January 2010, 17:36

Quote from: Andy-H on 16 January 2010, 16:54

I would check the seal around the back of the light hasn't got damaged Mate  :smiley:.

I remember, when I put the new lights, the seal was ok, but I will check tomorrow anyway.

Thanks :)

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 17 January 2010, 13:07

Check the rear offside light, and everything seems ok. What else should I look for?

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: boneybradley on 17 January 2010, 13:43

lights,aerial and boot seal.....but i recon lights and i solved this before by using 2 seals (my after market one's by fk didn't seal correctly so I used the o.e one's too)

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 29 January 2010, 21:55

I doubled sealed the offside rear light last weekend, but it rained yesterday and it was soaking wet behind the light again  :tongue:

So I guess it's coming from somewhere else? Or could it be the aftermarket lights letting the water in? If that's the problem, why is it only leaking on one side? The nearside is ok.

Where's the boot seal?  :shocked:

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: Wayne on 29 January 2010, 23:46

Have you got a sunroof if so then check the drain tube in that corner, if not then I would suspect your taillights, the pattern ones can let in water.

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 30 January 2010, 11:13

No sunroof, so I will change the tail lights back to standard GTI smoked ones and see if that solves the problem.

Cheers :)

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: Khare on 30 January 2010, 11:37

It will be the tail light dude, especially if the patch is just underneath the cluster.

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 30 January 2010, 14:31

Quote from: Khare on 30 January 2010, 11:37

It will be the tail light dude, especially if the patch is just underneath the cluster.

But why only on one side? That's what buggers me  :shocked:

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: Khare on 31 January 2010, 20:29

So many reasons. Bolts could be too tight and have damaged the seal, or they could be too loose, or the seal could have come faulty/weak from factory, there could be a part of the metal frame around the light that has bent over the years or the light cluster itself could be faulty from factory and allowing water in.

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 01 February 2010, 08:13

Alright, makes sense now :)

Replaced the lights back to original GTI smoked ones, so will be watching whether it makes any difference.

Title: Re: Wet Boot
Post by: zdebx on 02 February 2010, 18:26

Niiiiiiiiiiiice, problem solved!!!  :laugh:

Today it was raining the whole day, so I thought I would check and see if the boot is wet, but it was nice and dry.

So yeah, the issue was in aftermarket lights....F*ck them - love the smoked GTI ones :)