Leaking sunroof, conclusion... - Saxperience

Tontsy · 28th December 2010, 16:46

Well, im yet ot decied if its the sunroof, or the local river has taken a detour through my car.

Anyway, iv sealed it up like fuck...it stopped, yayy...now the ice had buggered off its back, i assume it got in to little gaps, froze, expanded, made a leak again.

So basically im going to polycarb it, remove the sun roof, put sealent around it and place a sheet of polycarb over the top.
Now ive been advised to use poprivets, but i only have m8 and m10 bolts. Aslong as its a tight fit, with plenty of sealent, it will work fine yeah?

I would weld it, but i only plan on keeping it another 5-6 months max! So not bothered atall aout what it looks like or how long it lasts lol...

04jtb · 28th December 2010, 17:38

i'm sure it'll be fine with a load of sealant with the bolts if they're really tight too. i'd probably seal the bolts too if I did it

SidnySaxo · 28th December 2010, 17:46

Dont lads.. The handle on the sunroof dose wear it hapnd to me.. You have to really ring the handle around until it can go no further,the handle should be faceing the drivers side window and the sunroof is down to its very last all around...

SidnySaxo · 28th December 2010, 17:47

Sorry the passenger side window..

Tontsy · 28th December 2010, 19:29

Im stripped interior! I have no winder lol...

Ill do it at the weekend and see what happens lol...

Petee · 28th December 2010, 19:35

If you dry the everybit around the glass off, open it right up.

Buy some silicone and a gun. put 2 ton of it around the window then wind it back down, then but a touch more around the window you want the low module cilicone if you ask for it, you dont want one that goes hard you want it to be soft still

wezzasaxo1 · 29th December 2010, 11:52

its prob not even the sunroof try sealing around the aireal mate ???

sexy-silver-saxo · 29th December 2010, 12:00

yeah alot of the time it is the airial.. but if you think it is the sunroof do what the other lad said... get the soft silicone because it can expand and shrink... so if it freezes over it wont crack through the silicone.

lookinsaxo · 29th December 2010, 20:46

my sunroof only leaks because the drains are blocked my right one is ok but my left one is blocked :/ i cant unblock it? where do they go to at the bottom of the car ?

Tontsy · 29th December 2010, 20:47

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Originally Posted by wezzasaxo1

its prob not even the sunroof try sealing around the aireal mate ???

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Originally Posted by sexy-silver-saxo

yeah alot of the time it is the airial.. but if you think it is the sunroof do what the other lad said... get the soft silicone because it can expand and shrink... so if it freezes over it wont crack through the silicone.

i dont have an arial, the font of my roof is smoothed.

i can clearly see where its comming from.

Jay_ · 29th December 2010, 20:49

where are the sunroof drains, i have just had this too....

VTSjames · 29th December 2010, 21:13

i have blanked my sunroof using a sheet of 1mm aluminium and pop rivets with loads of sealant.. i put the sealant on and then pop riveted the plate from one end working my to the other, as i dis this the sealant was forced to go either side of the rivet and make a very tight seal... have sicve washed the car and constantly had a hose pipe on it and not one bit of water

(touching wood as i speak)

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