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Offline briwyle

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leaky roof
« on: 14 February 2005, 14:58 »
just brought a mk1 golf 1.8 gti cabriolet, just had some serios rain and found out the roof leaks any surgestion
on ways to stop this, as it is soaking my driver and passenger front seats, it leaks where the hood sits on the top of the windscreen
please help

Offline Joester

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Re: leaky roof
« Reply #1 on: 16 February 2005, 13:57 »
Mine leaks like hell.
Have a look at two three things:

-The state of the rubber, clean it with some Autoglym Vinyl and Rubber Cleaner ( ? - or similar name), loads of black greasy stuff should come off.  Give it a light coat of vaseline, rub off any excess.

-See that the front windows are winding hard up into the rubber strips that accept the top edges of the glass.
My cabby is very old and the windows are loose in their moutings, cleaning the rubber strips (as above) helps, but really the windows need re-mounting in their holders. An upward shove on the glass with the palm of your hand helps seat the glass in the rubber better before you leave the car after parking.

-On the upper front corners of the doors are some very intricate rubber mouldings that are meant to channel water running off the roof between two fins and down a little hole to fall outside the door glass.
The fins on my drivers side have worn off through the years, so now the water runs inside rather than outside.
I need a new set of door seals really, I believe these are available.

You can buy car covers that only cover the roof, there is an old MR2 TBar up the road with one.
I think this would be a good interim solution to a wet car.

Offline greenie

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Re: leaky roof
« Reply #2 on: 22 February 2005, 18:37 »
Bonjour !!!! A good tip lift the roof up to expose the rubber, bare with me with this!!!!
when you buy a new pair of white trainers they ask you if you would like to buy spme waterproof spray
!!! Now I sprayed this stuff over my rubber trim in the corners and it works like a dream !!!!
You can buy this spray in most sports or shoe shops for about four pounds !