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What to stiffen to make T-tops stop leaking?

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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 12:56 PM
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Car: 87 Black Formula
Engine: Rollercammed Lg4
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What to stiffen to make T-tops stop leaking?

My car only leaks at the T-tops when I have a passenger a little on the fat side ( like most girls I'm sad to say). This tells me that it's mostly body flexing who is responsible for the leaks, and I probably wouldn't be able to fix this in any other way than to stiffen up the whole car a bit. It NEVER leaks when I'm driving alone, or parked. Put a passenger in the right rear seat and the problem is worse.

So what would be the best solution to this? I was thinking of the Subframe connectors from Lon salgren, Topdown solutions, mostly because he's such a nice guy and all.

But I really don't know if they would adress this actual problem, although I dont doubt that it will make the car handle better.

Any ideas?
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 01:00 PM
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it couldnt hurt to get the SFCs and see if that helps.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 03:23 PM
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2nd to the SFCs, add some new seals and your golden.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 12:04 AM
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Car: 91 Firebird Formula
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Transmission: Viper T10 6 spd.
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Yes flex is a bad thing.Your T-tops leaking is just the start.
Subframe connectors are a must on unibody cars.If you get one twisted/tweekd new seals won't help much. The T-tops leaking is your cars way of saying help me please install some subframe connectors.Like stated above,install them and replace your seals and you'll be good to go.
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Old May 1, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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Oh ya ,almost forgot,Fat girls need lovin too and if your going to have any of that lovin in your car I'ed suggest upgradeing your springs too.
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