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So I bought a del sol during the summer, and since I live in Washington, it rains alot. When it rains my roof leaks on the drivers side, and I get a ton of condensation in my trunk which soaks EVERYTHING in there. Does anyone have any advice as to what I can do about this situation???

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You can pick up Honda Silicone Grease at any dealer...if not it should be 100% silicone grease, or dielectric grease. You'd want to apply it somewhat liberally and let it soak into the seals. It's kind of a pain cause most people just slop the stuff on and go...which will leave marks on your window.

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As for condensation in the trunk, most likely you have a leak in a clip of the B-pillar or the ventilation box thing is leaking in water. Both are somewhat involved fixes, as you must pull parts off the car. The notorious, and more common, B-pillar clip is the bottom one, right above the trunk. So you'll need to remove that whole rear piece of the B-pillar and find a way to get a seal around the clip that sits right above the trunk. To get to the ventilation box involves removing the rear bumper and cleaning out/re-sealing the box so that water does not leak in and the ventilation flap closes properly. You can find how-tos on the Team del Sol site.

 

My Sol had minor condensation in the trunk, so I never really felt the need to fix it. The worst the condensation did was warp the floorboard - which was replaced with some solid wood. I'm guessing if it's major to the point of standing water, you would want to fix it ASAP.

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It's not to the point of standing water but it gets everything wet. Since I'm a firefighter I keep all my gear in my trunk so I'm always ready to go, and everything always get really wet and my gloves start to mold and what not...

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if your a fire fighter then the stuff will dry out when your workin. j/k it sounded good in my head.

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You know that back piece to the B-pillar? It is held in by some clips along the top sides and bottom. It's the bottom clips, right above trunk. You want to find a way to get a decent seal around those bottom clips cause that's where the water usually finds it's way into the trunk.

 

Here's a link that'll prolly be more helpful than me describing it, hehe: Fix a Trunk Leak

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