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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 12:28 PM
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T Top Leaking around Black Bar In Between Glass

My apologies if this is posted somewhere else, I'm guessing it has but my lack of good terminology is holding me back.

I'm having a terrible time with water leaking into my car through the roof. I have a T-Top setup and have replaced the weatherstripped all around. Water does not leak in around the windows, HOORAY. However, its coming in really badly through the center beam (near the cabin light). This started after I got the car painted. The foam gasket under the black part that splits the ttop windows (TBar?) was dry rotted, so I removed it and applied weather strip glue under to form a gasket. I'm guessing that's where I went wrong.

So, my question is, what kind of gasket/foam should I buy to make sure that the part seals properly? I'm at a place now that I can't take my Camaro out if it even remotely looks like rain.


Thanks in advance!
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Old Aug 3, 2021 | 11:21 AM
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Re: T Top Leaking around Black Bar In Between Glass

See my thread here...https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/body...-bar-foam.html
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Old Aug 3, 2021 | 01:11 PM
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Thank you! This is very informative!
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Old Aug 8, 2021 | 09:09 PM
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Re: T Top Leaking around Black Bar In Between Glass

Your other thread fixed my issue. The gasket pads got me 80% of the way. I then used the
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that you recommended to fill in any small gaps that were left and I'm now dry!

Thanks again!!!
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Old Aug 9, 2021 | 11:56 AM
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Re: T Top Leaking around Black Bar In Between Glass

Glad to be of help. Water leaks are the worst. Got most of mine figured out at this point, but still need it to rain hard again here so I can test the passenger's window seal again.
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