Well my third week of ownership has been like the previous two, I've discovered more problems that need addressing! I've sort of accepted this is an overdue 200K reset to help process having to do all this so soon after buying 
- After buying every bit of seal, moulding, rivet, dam etc required for the windscreen, my windscreen got replaced on Friday. One of the rivet holes had been drilled larger by a previous windscreen installer but all others were fine. Sadly, my installer decided he couldn't fit the moulding despite him confirming he would, so I've now got another installer who is familiar with these coming on Monday (just in time for it to start raining all week). I'm hoping and praying it can be sorted once and for all as the windscreen issues are taking a toll now.
- The rear cargo area had a large mat over the original carpet which I knew was a bit stained etc, however I realised today that it was in fact pretty damp as it seems water has been getting in which isn't ideal. I did some research and determined that it could be any of 3 different seals, and all looked pretty rough on this so I've bought the seal for the upper tail gate, the seal that goes around the entire boot opening, and then bought some bits to reseal the 3rd brake light.
Given the carpet was worse for wear and the interior needs a really good going through, I decided to pull the rear carpet out and make sure everything was okay underneath where it's been getting damp. There is some surface rust, mainly limited to the anchor points where the 3rd row seats fix into. I've got some bits to clean those areas up and treat the rust etc.
I finally moved onto seeing if I could salvage the cargo area carpet with a carpet cleaner as it was very stained and smelt pretty bad, the pics show the water after one session of multiple passes, I'll probably revisit it tomorrow if I have time after doing the rest of the car, it still will produce brown water with the cleaner without much effort!
I'll keep the cargo interior out for now until the seals come and I can sort the 3rd brake light seal just to minimise risk of any further moisture damage etc.
As you can tell, my main focus is just trying to get this thing watertight! I'll also be testing the sunroof seals so I can tick that off the leak list!
- After buying every bit of seal, moulding, rivet, dam etc required for the windscreen, my windscreen got replaced on Friday. One of the rivet holes had been drilled larger by a previous windscreen installer but all others were fine. Sadly, my installer decided he couldn't fit the moulding despite him confirming he would, so I've now got another installer who is familiar with these coming on Monday (just in time for it to start raining all week). I'm hoping and praying it can be sorted once and for all as the windscreen issues are taking a toll now.
- The rear cargo area had a large mat over the original carpet which I knew was a bit stained etc, however I realised today that it was in fact pretty damp as it seems water has been getting in which isn't ideal. I did some research and determined that it could be any of 3 different seals, and all looked pretty rough on this so I've bought the seal for the upper tail gate, the seal that goes around the entire boot opening, and then bought some bits to reseal the 3rd brake light.
Given the carpet was worse for wear and the interior needs a really good going through, I decided to pull the rear carpet out and make sure everything was okay underneath where it's been getting damp. There is some surface rust, mainly limited to the anchor points where the 3rd row seats fix into. I've got some bits to clean those areas up and treat the rust etc.
I finally moved onto seeing if I could salvage the cargo area carpet with a carpet cleaner as it was very stained and smelt pretty bad, the pics show the water after one session of multiple passes, I'll probably revisit it tomorrow if I have time after doing the rest of the car, it still will produce brown water with the cleaner without much effort!
I'll keep the cargo interior out for now until the seals come and I can sort the 3rd brake light seal just to minimise risk of any further moisture damage etc.
As you can tell, my main focus is just trying to get this thing watertight! I'll also be testing the sunroof seals so I can tick that off the leak list!
