leaking from the zip.

[WetPaint]

My car has started letting in water at the very bottom of the zip on the passenger side.

Ive no idea how to go about fixing it. I thought about covering it in vasaline, but i dont think thats a very good idea at all.

Any ideas?

[Simbu]

Your roof has a zip? I'm intrigued, never seen a '5 with a zip on the roof before...

[Conor D]

My roof has a zip across the top of the window, it's glass and the roof can't be put down without.

[Aizle]

Simbu said:

Your roof has a zip? I'm intrigued, never seen a '5 with a zip on the roof before...

All mk1s and eunii have zips in the roof as far as I am aware.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Aizle said:

All mk1s and eunii have zips in the roof as far as I am aware.

A Eunos (Roadtser) is always a Mk1

And yes, All Mk1s have a zipped rear window unless a Mk2 roof has been fitted.

[Oldandslow]

Hi, the zip is not waterproof. Water must be running onto the zip after getting in somewhere else. I think you should look for a rip somewhere on the rear section or look to see if its getting in along the window seals. How are your hood cables?

[WetPaint]

Oldandslow said:

Hi, the zip is not waterproof. Water must be running onto the zip after getting in somewhere else. I think you should look for a rip somewhere on the rear section or look to see if its getting in along the window seals. How are your hood cables?

I just had a new roof fitted. There arent any problems with the frame, tension cables or fabric. Its very odd indeed. The people who fitted it cant work it out either.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Water shouldn't be able to get to the zips. They usually live behind a couple of inches of flaps. Are you sure it's the zip that are leaking and not a cracked rain-rail?

[kazman]

I had this problem on my old Eunos and resolved it with grease down the vertical tracks of the zip run. Sounds like a rubbish fix i know but it really did work!