Eric Camiel <ecamiel@i84.net> wrote on
Date: 4/14/98 4:45 AM:
>Rod
>If you want to fiddle long enough, the car can be made weather tight.
>After replacing rubber, window channels, tweeking and adjusting, the
>top and side windows are weather tight. The windows don't bow out below
>75 mph. The door seals still leak leaving my right leg damp but this is
>fixable. I also have the removable hard top which doesn't seal nearly
>as well and amplifies engine noise. The heater works great down to an
>ambient temp of 35 - 40.
Eric,
That the leak situation is fixable is good to hear. I've owned S1s and S2s for
years and have just considered that a necessary inconvenience and part of the
price for all the good stuff.
One of my current cars has the hardtop and I I put it on, I was pleasantly
surprised to find it sealing better than the soft top but not perfectly. So
your words are encouraging; I can expect a better seal that that if I work at
it.
I suppose it's just a matter of uniform contact of effective rubber
weather-strip with smooth surfaces, together with the alignments (door/window).
Thanks for the information.
Rod
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