Losing my patience with leaky sunroof

[Placemotorsports]

Or you guys can do what I did and get a large magnet sheet like used on commercial vehicles on the sides of their cars for advertising the same color as your rig. Cut it out so it covers the sunroof and the magnet sticks to the metal roof panel around it and it seals it up.

You can order them on-line or go to your nearest custom sign making shop and they will more than likely have it. Just get one thick enough so it holds tight and won't blow off on the highway.

 

[Enrique Sonora]

You can order them on-line or go to your nearest custom sign making shop and they will more than likely have it. Just get one thick enough so it holds tight and won't blow off on the highway.

Be sure the magnets are strong ones. I used design magnets signs and the wind will blow them off if they don' fit well. Good luck, be neat to see if it can be done.

 

[LaTuFu]

The sunroof on my Hundy has not worked since I purchased it. I would never use it even if it did. The previous owner had it gorilla taped. It was pretty dry rotted and coming apart when I bought it. I pulled it all off and put a new batch on. Been a year, no leaks, tape is still in decent shape. When it is ready to be replaced again, depending on my mood I'm either going to have a piece of sheet welded in place and paint it or I'll re-do the gorilla tape and keep going.

 

[FxFormat]

Or take a big sheet of vinyl and wrap half the roof covering the sunroof as well.

 

[Ty04orange]

I like the tape idea because I can open the shade and still get the sunlight in. My 3 year old daughter wants to open it but I don’t like them open. I did find some flex tape spray earlier at dollar general. It’s clear. So now my thoughts are pull fuses for motors and tape off and spray around it with that clear flex spray stuff.

 

[YardPig]

Mine leaked and soaked the headliner and drivers seat from where the glass moulding that is wrapped around it (its two pieces). There is a seam at the front and one at the rear. Run a bead of urethane of that seam and a bit where it meets the glass. This moulding shrinks over time and this 'crack' between the two mouldings is the perfect funnel to let the standing water on the top of the glass to run right into the vehicle.
That's all I sealed (after another Mud member mentioned it stops his leak). Unfortunately I had already purchased a new sunroof seal, which is still sitting in the bag.

 

[reconranger]

My sunroof leaked. The culprit was the moulding that goes on the perimeter of the glass. It meets at the middle in the rear part of the sunroof. The gap (about 1mm) was big enough to leak. I used Silicone caulk that was UV resistant. No more leaks.

 

[YardPig]

My sunroof leaked. The culprit was the moulding that goes on the perimeter of the glass. It meets at the middle in the rear part of the sunroof. The gap (about 1mm) was big enough to leak. I used Silicone caulk that was UV resistant. No more leaks.

Your probably the one I learned this from, did you post this in another thread months ago? Thanks!

 

[reconranger]

Nah, that was someone else. Good call, though.

 

[Mad Ambassador]

I had a similar issue with ours. It only leaked when driving in the rain. You could pour water on it all day and it would never leak. I cleaned the drains yet the leak still happened. What I ended up finding out is that the leak wasn't coming from between the seal and the roof body pannel since the drains were working fine. The leak was actually coming from between the seal and the sunroof glass. When water gets between the seal and the glass it doesn't drip into the drain, it drips into a plastic bezel piece on the underside of the sunroof. When the plastic piece fills with water it drips through the sunroof shade.

Sorry for the long explanation, but what I ended up doing was just applying gasket maker around the seal where it contacts the sunroof glass. Since then I haven't had a problem. Plus it requires such a small amount, you can't see it unless you get up there and look for it. And the sunroof is still functional.

I think I have the same kind of leak happening. Did you apply gasket maker just the top side of the sunroof or top and bottom?