Oem hardtop interior leak
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Oem hardtop interior leak
Leaking from corners any ideas on how to fix this leaks quite a bit of water into cabin not sure if I should replace window seal or the front seal
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Is your hardtop loose over bumps or general driving conditions ? It looks to me like the roof is not tight enough to give you the proper level of squish at the front seals. If it is tight you would get more squish at the seals and they plump up and help to keep water out and free of voids. The other item may be that the windows don't go up high enough to close the voids and make a proper seal, but you can achieve that by making sure the hardtop is tightly installed too, either way. I would not try to waterproof or replace the seals at this point as it is tricky and expensive, try the cheaper options first. I've fixed a few leaks on my hardtops, it just takes playing around with them for the most part.
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Thanks for the reply, I do feel like the OEM latches are a bit loose the top does make noise when i hit bumps... probably due to that as well is there any specific latches people are using other than OEM to get a tighter fit?
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The oem latches have metal spacers under each latch (3 x 1mm spacers), and if you remove the spacers the hardtop will drop lower and latch tighter, that could be enough to fix your leak issue to make the top seal up tighter.
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