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Old 12-21-2006, 10:08 PM
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i keep getting leaks above my window seal in a certain area on both sides. the rubber kinda looks worn a bit. will it cost me a fortune to redo both of the sides weather stripping?
Old 12-21-2006, 10:17 PM
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it shouldnt. ive been looking at doin it just because and somewhere around 35-50 bucks is what your looking at. Pending you doin it by yourself.
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oh of course. im just sick and tired of getting dripped on while driving and having a leak in my back seat.. it wets the carpet enough to make it humid.
Old 12-22-2006, 12:20 AM
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yeah i always have a wet spot on the carpet near my back seat when it rains, but it doesnt bother me too much.
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not as much as when it rains but when i wash my car. God i always heard t-tops leaked too but for some reason i was never worried. But it looks like the corner of my t-top was grinded down a little or something. Where do i take my car to have it checked?pontiac dealer?
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i noticed that mine, if i have my windshield wipers on, they leak, and when they are off, they dont, its cuz it doesn't shoot water into the ttop channel i guess. RAIN X!!! and i noticed that if i wipe down the top of the windows before i close it, it makes a world of differance
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mine only leaks when i go through a high pressure car wash, its just around the window seals though, the t-tops are fine.
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Mine only leaks when Im doing 60+ and the water streams up to the back corner where the window/t-top/car seal meets. I dont use high pressure washers and now the car never sees the rain so I guess it doesnt bother me.
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yea i have leak on the passanger side window, but it looks like its comming from the ttops but its not. and another leak on my left arm from the top of the window.

anyone know the cost to do both sides myself?
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so does anyone have any info on where to buy this weather stripping and how to properly replace it?
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my drivers side window will get one little drip in it every time i wash my car but it just wipes off
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my driver side leaks also , at the top of the window , it only does it when the car is setting still , no problems while driving in the rain. Leaks like a **** at the carwash though

I was gonna get a new driver side seal but the only place i found it at was kinda expensive. If the leak gets bad enough I guess i'll just have to pay up.
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Mine leaks in the very front where the side mirror is and the very back by that plastic triangle piece. I heard there is some kind of stuff you can rub or spray on the rubber seals that makes them seal much better. I don't know if that is true but it would be nice!
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Mine leaks during heavy rain and in the car wash. Also my window starts to "flex" out and leave a gap between it and the rubber seal when i have my car over 100 i am hoping that if i change the weather striping that it will fix that problem.
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Mine leaks when its raining just a bit. regardless of the amount of rain or how hard. Car wash's do it to, GM sells a lubercant that de electrifies the weather stripping. When it sits over night with it raining, and i go to yeild at any speed. The tops become like a waterfall, Is there any solution to fix this or are we Sh** out of luck?
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we are all doomed
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Mine leake more and more.. Mostly when I wash it, When i put my new hatch on the plug for the wiring for the dome light came out I must not have put it on all the way but i got a waterfall in my back seat.. I was pist.
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it poured today and it leaked into my speaker... ill someones gotta know a way..
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i think i heard of someone using silicone grease on the weatherstripping, but i'm not familiar with the stuff. who is still leaking after sfc's?



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