Targa roof rubbers.
Discussion
I'm off to get me some new roof rubbers for the targa section later and I was just wondering what everyone else has fitted on theirs.
Mine has a skinny self adhesive rubber along each edge where the door glass meets the targa. I find that water comes in at the front corners whilst I'm driving so I think I'll extend this around the corners of each panel.
The join in the centre of the roof also lets water in because I don't think I have the correct type of rubber fitted here, what do you have fitted?
Mine has a very small strip of rubber on the underside of the upper panel, I'm thinking perhaps one on each as a double protection.
Info much appreciated, thanks.
K
Mine has a skinny self adhesive rubber along each edge where the door glass meets the targa. I find that water comes in at the front corners whilst I'm driving so I think I'll extend this around the corners of each panel.
The join in the centre of the roof also lets water in because I don't think I have the correct type of rubber fitted here, what do you have fitted?
Mine has a very small strip of rubber on the underside of the upper panel, I'm thinking perhaps one on each as a double protection.
Info much appreciated, thanks.
K
I 've just fitted new rubbers on the panels. Along the edge where the glass meets the rubber I fitted thicker (massive) rubbers which have sort of an overlap (flap)on the glass. (L-shape). The flap runs exactly under the flap of the targa panel and hangs a bit over the window when it's all the way up. Looks okay, and provides less leakage.
The one between the panels was pretty shitty too, so I fitted a massive one. It was mounted on the lower (big) panel. I also replaced the long rubber that runs along the rear roll bar. This one was pretty crappy too in the middle where the panels meet. (This caused some leakage.)
good luck!
The one between the panels was pretty shitty too, so I fitted a massive one. It was mounted on the lower (big) panel. I also replaced the long rubber that runs along the rear roll bar. This one was pretty crappy too in the middle where the panels meet. (This caused some leakage.)
good luck!
Thanks for the replies folks.
I'm looking to fit like for like as my rubbers were the original TVR fitment, with the exception of an additional rubber on the roof centre where the GRP is very thick, there is a reason for this.....
A word of caution here, if you fit oversized rubber seals it can cause extra stress on the GRP panels and it WILL distort them, so be very careful in doing this. You end up with poorly fitting panels and a seal that will never be particularly good.
GRP nothing like metal, if you were to leave something heavy laying on your bonnet for a few weeks through temperature variations you'd find a nice impression of it eventually giving you a premanent reminder.
I'm looking to fit like for like as my rubbers were the original TVR fitment, with the exception of an additional rubber on the roof centre where the GRP is very thick, there is a reason for this.....
A word of caution here, if you fit oversized rubber seals it can cause extra stress on the GRP panels and it WILL distort them, so be very careful in doing this. You end up with poorly fitting panels and a seal that will never be particularly good.
GRP nothing like metal, if you were to leave something heavy laying on your bonnet for a few weeks through temperature variations you'd find a nice impression of it eventually giving you a premanent reminder.
Hi Kentish.
The leaks you described seem exactly the same as mine,especially the one right at the front corner on my passenger side.
I fixed the water coming in elsewhere around the top of the side windows, though not the tidiest job in the world it looks ok and works.But that front corner where mine just drips down onto the passenger seat when it really pours is a real headache.The rubber just dosn't make contact with the glass at the very front by the triangular aluminium pillar.From the direction the rain falls and the path it should follow I just can't work out how so much can sometimes get in.
I have a theory... I reckon the rain gets down between the front edge of the panels and the top edge of the windscreen surround.It flows into the channel at the top of the screen and tries to flow away to each side.
When the doors are closed I reckon they flatten and distort the rubber surround at the top where the aluminium strut on the door closes which forces the water to find another way out of the channel and through the ill fitting seals on the front corner of the window.
( I understand that,but I would,I wrote it!)
If you ever work that out let me know if you agree?
Cheers, Tim.
The leaks you described seem exactly the same as mine,especially the one right at the front corner on my passenger side.
I fixed the water coming in elsewhere around the top of the side windows, though not the tidiest job in the world it looks ok and works.But that front corner where mine just drips down onto the passenger seat when it really pours is a real headache.The rubber just dosn't make contact with the glass at the very front by the triangular aluminium pillar.From the direction the rain falls and the path it should follow I just can't work out how so much can sometimes get in.
I have a theory... I reckon the rain gets down between the front edge of the panels and the top edge of the windscreen surround.It flows into the channel at the top of the screen and tries to flow away to each side.
When the doors are closed I reckon they flatten and distort the rubber surround at the top where the aluminium strut on the door closes which forces the water to find another way out of the channel and through the ill fitting seals on the front corner of the window.
( I understand that,but I would,I wrote it!)
If you ever work that out let me know if you agree?
Cheers, Tim.
I decided to run the rubber further round the targa as there is gap and you are right Tim, this is where the water is coming in channeled by the screen surround as you said. So, I'm going to lengthen the rubber and bring it around each corner.
So, Friday afternoon at 3pm I took myself off to East Kent Trim Supplies and they were shut, so that was a waste of an hour! I didn't imagine that they'd be closed at that time of day during the week. They don't open on a Saturday either.
So, Friday afternoon at 3pm I took myself off to East Kent Trim Supplies and they were shut, so that was a waste of an hour! I didn't imagine that they'd be closed at that time of day during the week. They don't open on a Saturday either.
If you ever find them open let me know if you found something suitable and if you cracked it!
The ingress of water dripping onto the passenger seat in my case has resulted in the stitching in the seat of the chair breaking and now two of the leather panels have parted.Great!!! It could only be repaired from underneath of course and that's best case scenario if the rest is ok. Just one more in a long list of jobs. Now my drivers door is dropping and catching on the front edge and the sill...Think that will be a job for Waldonway.
The ingress of water dripping onto the passenger seat in my case has resulted in the stitching in the seat of the chair breaking and now two of the leather panels have parted.Great!!! It could only be repaired from underneath of course and that's best case scenario if the rest is ok. Just one more in a long list of jobs. Now my drivers door is dropping and catching on the front edge and the sill...Think that will be a job for Waldonway.
F908 Tim said:
If you ever find them open let me know if you found something suitable and if you cracked it!
The ingress of water dripping onto the passenger seat in my case has resulted in the stitching in the seat of the chair breaking and now two of the leather panels have parted.Great!!! It could only be repaired from underneath of course and that's best case scenario if the rest is ok. Just one more in a long list of jobs. Now my drivers door is dropping and catching on the front edge and the sill...Think that will be a job for Waldonway.
Hi Tim,
I will let you know how I get on when I eventually get there during opening hours. My driver seat has suffered in similar way.
Regarding your hinges, I have the same problem and I'm going to get LeeBee to sort them for me at some point (before next summer). No disrespect to Waldonway but I think they will be somewhat more expensive for this as I gather it isn't a very easy job!
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