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I have a 1997 Sunfire SE vert. My question is about a little rubber piece of weatherstripping that runs under where the convertible top and rear quarter window meet. I just finished putting a new top on this car, and am about to register and drive it. I have kept the car garaged, and I am not sure where rain is supposed to go when it collects inside this rubber piece shown in the pictures at the link below. I assume water is supposed to collect inside the rubber strip and go toward front of car, draining between the body panels. I can't see anywhere else it is supposed to go, but I am not sure since this is my first convertible J and my first attempt at putting on a convertible top. I wanted to check here first instead of washing the car and possibly figuring things out the hard way. I read the Convertible Top Water Leak Repair .pdf file posted on the .org, but didn't find any good points of reference for this situation. Picture number 8 shows this piece the best (it has a circular cutout near the middle of it). Vert owners, please chime in!
http://s689.photobucket.com/albums/vv251/pleasehelplol/
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The seals are the easiest to put on versus the top its self,the water should run towards the rear of the car from the point you mentioned.
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So does that mean I have them in the right location?
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i cant tell from the pics, but it looks like youve got it in there wrong. the seal is open on one end, right? that end should be towards the back, i believe, with the closed end at the front. at least thats how i remember it being....its been a year since ive looked at my top though so i cant be 100% sure
Yeah, it's open on one end, closed on the other. I guess I will switch each seal to the opposite side so that the open end is toward the rear, and water will drain towards the rear of the car instead.
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