Leaky Rear Window
Discussion
Hi, on inspection my headlining near the rear window at the passenger side is very damp and i am assuming this is where i am getting my water ingress from. Who would be best company/person to use to re seal the window? i.e. a proper window out and new seal job not a try and seal it in situe bodge. Also how much am i looking at with the the new seal assuming they are available? BTW I'm located in Sheffield.
I used my local National Windscreens place to remove & refit my rear screen.
That said, my front started leaking at the headlining, a couple of months back, when we had the heavy rain.
I decided to pull the rubber trim back from the corner of the windscreen, to have a look for myself. The fibreglass hole for the windscreen appears to have been cut out using a blunt junior hacksaw by somebody with only one arm, that was possibly broken, at said time of sawing. It's impossible to see how any kind of rubber seal would have stopped water entering, but miraculously it seems to have worked for a few years.
I subsequently filled the large void at the top of the screen , with a water resistant, clear silicon sealant. And the car's stayed bone dry since.
HTH
That said, my front started leaking at the headlining, a couple of months back, when we had the heavy rain.
I decided to pull the rubber trim back from the corner of the windscreen, to have a look for myself. The fibreglass hole for the windscreen appears to have been cut out using a blunt junior hacksaw by somebody with only one arm, that was possibly broken, at said time of sawing. It's impossible to see how any kind of rubber seal would have stopped water entering, but miraculously it seems to have worked for a few years.
I subsequently filled the large void at the top of the screen , with a water resistant, clear silicon sealant. And the car's stayed bone dry since.
HTH
What actually holds the rear screen in place?
The 'gasket' is really only a surface trim in there for decorative reasons to cover the channel where the Sikaflex(?) is.
As my gasket came off of its own accord(1), I've raked out some of the loose Sikaflex and plan to re-do that, leave off the gasket, and hopefully produce a sufficiently aesthetically pleasing result with just that and a wet finger (leave it!) to smooth the surface. My front screen is now like this.
Even with the dodgy looking old Sikaflex removed, the rear screen still seems to be stuck in place pretty rock solid though.
(1) possibly sucked off in my own vortex as I enthusiastically drove to my wedding back in August!
The 'gasket' is really only a surface trim in there for decorative reasons to cover the channel where the Sikaflex(?) is.
As my gasket came off of its own accord(1), I've raked out some of the loose Sikaflex and plan to re-do that, leave off the gasket, and hopefully produce a sufficiently aesthetically pleasing result with just that and a wet finger (leave it!) to smooth the surface. My front screen is now like this.
Even with the dodgy looking old Sikaflex removed, the rear screen still seems to be stuck in place pretty rock solid though.
(1) possibly sucked off in my own vortex as I enthusiastically drove to my wedding back in August!
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