Well, I'm starting my first year at college and I brought my car with me. Cost me nearly $400.00 for a garage pass--only for me to be assigned a spot on the top level (with no roof)! Plus, it's been raining a lot lately, and I've recently learned that my T-tops leak worse than I thought. There was a puddle on the outside of my driver's seat and, what's worse, the headliner is soaked in places.

Although the rubber doesn't *look* that bad (i.e. no tears or visible cracks), I know it has to be the problem. I also know that Soffseal is the name that comes up every time this problem arises. However, I have checked their prices and it looks like it will cost me at least $250.00 for the seals on the car--or $372.80 to also get the seals for the T-Tops themselves (which I will really need for the seat puddle).

I'm a college kid, and I'm really having trouble justifying spending that kind of money on strips of rubber.

Are there any other ways to rectify this problem and not spend so much money? (Not looking to put water buckets in my car, BTW...)

Thanks!

 

I got my t-top weather stripping from classic industries. When I got the package, it was just re-labeled GM box. I know it wasn't anywhere near $372 for the t-top weatherstrip. If you are just wanting to stop the leaking temporarily, just buy some wide electrical tape (in you choice of color, black, red, etc) and tape over the edges where the glass of the t-tops meets the roof and the "t" bar. You could also try adjusting the t-tops to hold "tighter". Just take off the covers where the t-tops "lock" and adjust the the plate to make the locking bars pull down tighter.

 

look in hte tech section for t-top repair. new seals will not always stop your t tops from leaking. there is alot of flaws in hte design of the t tops that need to be fixed as well.

 

They don't leak where the T-tops seal to the weatherstripping; they leak where the weatherstripping seals to the car body. Water gets between the rubber and the body, runs down to the joint with the window, and drips into the car above the corners of the glass.

Carefully pull back the edge of the weatherstrip from the painted surface, and dose the back side of it with gorilla snot, and stick it back down. Pay careful attention to the area at the ends of the center bar and the place where the ends of the rubber piece on the tops meets the piece on the car.