So I noticed the unpleasant smell when I was loading up my trunk to head to KC. So when I got back I did some detective work and found this.

Bear with me, I add some extras here.


Under the carpet a pool of water had formed.



So I did some sanding and picked up some paint over rust.

Sanded with a wire bristle brush


The paint I used

After the first coat of paint


Then I got a rubber under body coating that is water proof and applied 4 coats of that.








Next I tackled the vent, the foam gasket looked worn and dirty. Got some black RTV.






Then sprayed around it with the underbody coating



After the final coat of underbody coating.




Then I noticed quite a bit of moisture in the driver's tail light. Applied sealant and the next day applied heat.

 

Nice work. That's was one area that I mentioned in my earlier reply, it's a common source of leakage.

Nice work on the rear tails I had the same issue in the past, the sealant works well, I think some of the water gets into the lights from the trunk rain channels.

 

Thank you, I hope it stops the large majority of water coming in. Still need to clean roof drains, but that's a project for next weekend. I will also need to do the silicon treatment on the passenger side as well to be safe.




Also forgot to mention I ordered a new tail light gasket.

 

Nice, now how about I pay you to do the same to my car

 

Turns out it wasn't that bad to do, just time consuming.


So I forgot to include what I have been finding out in the past few weekends with this situation. Turns out the soft top is leaking. Solution? bought a hardtop