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Is this the same top on eBay?
Opel Speedster Vauxhall VX220 Tesla Roadster Transparent Hardtop New | eBay
Opel Speedster Vauxhall VX220 Tesla Roadster Transparent Hardtop New | eBay
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My wife got busy today getting our new top on. There's something we're not doing right with the install, as the finished install almost pulls water into the cabin. In particular, it seems like water at the corners is being channeled along the inside of the window, front and back, and in front of the seal.
As I said - I'm sure we're doing something wrong with the install - any ideas that might help us out?
Thanks!
:smile:I got my top in the first "group buy" and have had it on since April. In MD we have had a very bizarre weather pattern this summer with a lot of rain and wind. I have had NO problems with the clear top leaking.
If your top is like mine the front latch allows the top to be positioned "up and down" a little. If I remember correctly the directions state that you should position the front before screwing in the back by the rollbar. At first i fitted the front then noticed that it was higher than the windshield by about 2cm creating, what I imagined, to be drag and pumping water under the top. I was ranting around until my wife walked up and said, "Why don't you push it down." Well, after recovering from the Daaahhh moment she GENTLY pushed the top down, compressing the rubber seal a little, even with the windshield and I hand tightened the hex bolt in the front. Repeated on the other side then completed the installation in the back. I did have to put rubber washers under the back brackets to keep them pulling straight up and down rather than at an angle. Water does collect under the top over the window a little........ but since I don't drive in the rain with the windows open it doesn't matter.
I'm not sure if it is from parking in a new garage that gets pretty hot but the seal on the driver's side of my new glass roof has come un-adhered! I've emailed to see what type of adhesive to use to try and re-attach it.
can you sit in the roadster video while someone does a mild water test so we can see where it's leaking?
I had a leak on my soft top and just required a little adjustment to the window.
Good idea. I'll get that done and posted this weekend. Thanks!
@Asoka
I am sorry that you have water leaking. It shouldn't happen. If you want tomorrow I could call Maurizio (glass top producer) and ask him advice on this matter. Problem is that he is in Italy and I don't know how much he can help in this situation.
Maybe I could ask Maurizio how you can contact him?
Heya Raffy - no I haven't, and I'm having trouble understanding some of the advice passed back. It appears my inability to speak/read Italian, and the details of the English translation, are leaving me in a quandary. When I'm not more asleep than awake, I'll post again with pictures of what I'm seeing, as well as the instructions I've been given - maybe you can help answer some questions I have about that translation.