Car is leaking, removing panels?

Sonic04GT

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• Sep 7, 2011

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Had a good little rainstorm, got in my car not long ago and saw this. Great, something else to deal with. What's the easiest way to pull those panels off? Passenger side 1/4 window.

I figured I'll have my brother spray the car with a hose in that area tomorrow while I sit inside and try to trace it with the panels removed.

 

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Maxpowers

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That blows. Was your car ever wrecked?

You showed where the water is, but obviously keep gravity in mind. Most likely leaking from the plastic panel on the edge of the roof. If I'm not mistaken, these unbolt from inside the car and can be removed. Be careful not to damage the paint, especially if the car has been repainted. Most places do not take those pieces off to paint.

 

Sonic04GT

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Just a small fender bender on the opposite side. The rear window was replaced like 3 years ago but I am just now noticing this.

That's why I want to remove all the panels so I can hopefully see where it is dripping from.

 

SaleenGT2001

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i would thing the adhesive on the quarter window is leaking. they dont use a rubber seal, just a nice gooey black sealer. my car did teh same thing with the Mach 1 glass till i resealed it

 

Sonic04GT

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SaleenGT2001 said:

i would thing the adhesive on the quarter window is leaking. they dont use a rubber seal, just a nice black sealer. my car did teh same thing with the Mach 1 glass till i resealed it

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How hard was it to reseal?

 

Sonic04GT

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• Sep 8, 2011

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More of a pain than I thought. Decided to basically gut out the entire back seat and trunk since when the rear window was broken years ago, glass got everywhere. It was crazy how much was beneath the rear seat.

Also found the passenger white clip that holds the back seat down was broken so I can go ahead and replace that too.

Once this damn rain stops I should be able to get the seatbelt loop off and remove the window panels.