Missing rear window rubber seal

Poprin

Poprin

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British Zeds
The M44 Massive
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Telford, Shropshire
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3.0 Roadster + *cough* MX5 project
Hey guys, thought I would tap up the fountain on knowledge that appears to flow through this forum. Being a long time admirer, but not a long time owner of a Z3 I'm still pretty green as to what should and shouldn't be.

So my roof leaks, a little bit. Not too badly but it drips a little at the bottom edges of the rear screen if it's properly raining. I thought the rear screen looked a bit flimsy so a chanced a look at another Z in a car park the other day and noticed it had a rubber seal all the way round the rear window. Mine does not appear to have this!! Can you buy these separately?

Also as a related question. My hood is pretty badly faded, it's all there with no rips and tears but it looks tired and the rear screen is a bit scratched to. Is it worth reconditioning or is a replacement hood a better option?

I've attached a pic to illustrate my missing rubber strip..
WindowRubber.webp
 
Hi Poprin,as far as i know the rubber seal is part of the rear screen so if its damaged or missing it means its new screen time :meh:. I'm sure some one with more knowledge of this will advise you soon ;)
 
Poprin said:
Hey guys, thought I would tap up the fountain on knowledge that appears to flow through this forum. Being a long time admirer, but not a long time owner of a Z3 I'm still pretty green as to what should and shouldn't be.

So my roof leaks, a little bit. Not too badly but it drips a little at the bottom edges of the rear screen if it's properly raining. I thought the rear screen looked a bit flimsy so a chanced a look at another Z in a car park the other day and noticed it had a rubber seal all the way round the rear window. Mine does not appear to have this!! Can you buy these separately?

Also as a related question. My hood is pretty badly faded, it's all there with no rips and tears but it looks tired and the rear screen is a bit scratched to. Is it worth reconditioning or is a replacement hood a better option?

I've attached a pic to illustrate my missing rubber strip..
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Hello mate. Mines the same, need a new rear window as it's past its sell-by date. A few of the guys on here have had there's done here;
http://www.softtops.org.uk/

As for the roof condition, I'd try this first;

20150613_165025.webp

mine came up spot on.
 
Agree with Andy on Autoglym to keep in good condition. You can re-dye if it has faded too much. Also you can use Brasso to polish out scratches.
 
Does anyone have any before and afters of Roof Refurb/Refreshes?

Mine could do with this as id prefer not to pay £600 for a new roof.

Sorry for the Hijack,

but I do have some knowledge to share.

A couple of months ago I replaced the rear screen with a non OEM one and it also had no rubber seal, so I guess some come without the rubber.

Connor.
 
Connor said:
Does anyone have any before and afters of Roof Refurb/Refreshes?

Mine could do with this as id prefer not to pay £600 for a new roof.

Sorry for the Hijack,

but I do have some knowledge to share.

A couple of months ago I replaced the rear screen with a non OEM one and it also had no rubber seal, so I guess some come without the rubber.

Connor.
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Sorry mate, no real close ups that would highlight the difference. Hope someone else has for you.

Andy
 
Andy McDonnell said:
Sorry mate, no real close ups that would highlight the difference. Hope someone else has for you.

Andy
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No worries mate, did it work well though? my roof has got a bit of the green stuff (not a lot) and has faded slightly in the areas where the roof frame folds.

Connor.
 
Connor said:
No worries mate, did it work well though? my roof has got a bit of the green stuff (not a lot) and has faded slightly in the areas where the roof frame folds.

Connor.
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Very good end result mate. Wasn't to bad to start with but the end result was very good with a clear differance in colour (i.e back to a nice dark black) and beads a treat. Cover up your windows and paint though ad it's a t**t to get off.
 
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