350David Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi all, I have two issues with my roof. First one is a small tear (about an inch long) st the bottom of the roof fabric, right behind the driver's window that seems now to be developing upwards with light, barely visible cracking in the material. Second issue that I first noticed yesterday in torrential rain is that the roof is wet on the inside at certain places (it's hardly dripping down into the car but very slightly) and drips of water on the inside of the passenger door handle. I wondered what experiences anyone has had with the roofs on these and if they have any advice for any of these issues. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyman68 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Hi not much you can do...after about 10yrs they start to fail.... options are new roof or duck tape on inside over the holes... had to do same in mine till I bought new roof... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggalo Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) Duct tape for now. Then new roof. Edited January 10, 2016 by Juggalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul K Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My roof was wet on the inside. This is the first time it's happened since I've had the car. I'm getting a new roof fitted next month though Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350David Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks everyone. I was hoping not to have to replace the roof - not had the car a year yet - so just looking at other options. Has anyone had any luck with waterproofing treatments for the roof generally (Autoglym has been mentioned a few times) and repairs for tears? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thanks everyone. I was hoping not to have to replace the roof - not had the car a year yet - so just looking at other options. Has anyone had any luck with waterproofing treatments for the roof generally (Autoglym has been mentioned a few times) and repairs for tears? Yeah, ours went in the same place. Caroline bought some interior patches and some roof sealant off EBay, She then ahem, stitched the roof back together . Surprisingly it worked really well, roof goes up and down O.K without the sealant or patches coming off and doesn't leak anymore. Clearly it'll need a new roof before we sell it though . Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rat Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 My roof over s the same as yours, it seems the most common failure point, going to take it to a trimmer to get it professionally repaired until I get a new roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will370z Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 As a temporary fix before the roof is replaced you can use stormsure, great product they use on wetsuits so it's flexible. Used it on a few patches on my 350z roof 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetSet Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 As a temporary fix before the roof is replaced you can use stormsure, great product they use on wetsuits so it's flexible. Used it on a few patches on my 350z roof Yeah, I'm pretty sure we used stormsure Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
350David Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 Thank you, I've ordered some Renovo cleaner and Ultra Proofing which seems to get great reviews everywhere and your advice on a temp fix for the tear sounds like a winner. Nice one guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzzzz Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 As a temporary fix before the roof is replaced you can use stormsure, great product they use on wetsuits so it's flexible. Used it on a few patches on my 350z roof Yeah, I'm pretty sure we used stormsure Pete Another + 1 for stormsure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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