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[m1n1]

On the open classic i have it seems that the roof will not shut fully, leading to a bit of wind noise and maybe leaks but not yet driven it in the rain so unsure!,,

from the inside there is a 1cm gap
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and looking at it from the top outside it should close some more but there are some little plastic blocks - see pic - that the roof stops on.
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a - does anyone else have these blocks

b - does your folding roof, when its shut, have gaps like mine?

[Billy]

I used to have to help mine with my arm out the window else it looked like yours
its to do with the stupid rubber material shrinking
glad I have an old school manual webasto slider now eventhough I still have work to do completing the change over
Id guess your roof is at best like this ?

if it is good luck as this is the future

Edited by Billy, 25 June 2009 - 06:00 PM.

[m1n1]

yes it does look very much like that :0(

hmmm :0(.

Edited by m1n1, 25 June 2009 - 09:56 PM.

[Billy]

unfortunatly as you can see a reskin is the only fix

I saved this quoted info when I was hunting for a skin for mine

I cant remember who posted it to give them the credit for it

Just had a quote for a new cover at £160 + £20 postage

I have removed mine down to the black outer cover with the 2 black metal end plates still glued in place.
If I send that off it will be sent back with the metal fixing plates bonded to the new cover.
This guy used to work for Webasto and has over 30 years experiance

His name is Peter Harvey
Lives in Sandwich, Kent
Mobile 07956 292376

[dannoodle]

My brit open has the exact same issue, i even bought a "new" roof as mine leaked in the rain, needles to say that the "new" roof also leaked in the rain. as the other guy says its down to the canvas shrinking. you can stop it leaking AND stop alot of the wind noise...

what you will need is a few metres of 10mm hose, a few jubilee clips, T pieces, elbows and some self adhesive cable tie holders..and most importantly a length of shower door rubber!

the trouble with the webasto on the mini is that it doesn't have any kind of drainage, whats that? you think it has? its got guttering and 4 holes, 1 on each corner, the rain must go somewhere.... NOPE, the gutter is bunged off, meaning rain gets under the canvas, sits in the gutter, overflows then pours in the cabin when you go round sharp corners or brake hard. so what you need to do is make your own drainage system (which rover REALY REALY should have done bearing in mind how rust prone the mini is). thats where you utilise the list of parts above to create a drainpipe, which you can make, linking the 4 webasto gutter outlets using the pipe and feed it down the inside of the c pillar and out through one of the holes in the boot floor

why do you need the shower door rubber? to seal the gap at the front of the roof!! the seal that holds up the headlining around that dirty great hole for the webasto, needs to be removed to take the lining down, so you're half way there... cut the shower door seal the width of the hole and use it to hold up the headlining at the front, this will then also seal the gap between the sunroof and the font of the hole.

job as they say is a good'un!!

no leaky roof, lots less wind noise..

i realy should sell my own kits for this little job

[Billy]

Ah mine was not a factory fit and had drain tubes hence no leaks when fitted

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My electric Webasto Aero-Top 1 is also shrinking, and it has also developed a few holes where the first fabric crease is because it is becoming less supple every year as it is not garaged (by the way: "FlexTape" works pretty well for temporarily fixing the holes: https://www.amazon.c...k/dp/B071HYZNN4).  

 

(I second dannoodle's suggestion if water is getting in: mine was spilling water in my wife's lap until I DYI'd in some drain hoses that I ran from the two front corners back to join up with the two rear corners via some T's and then down the C pillars and out two holes drilled in the floor of the battery box.  Note that the A pillars are too narrow for reasonable sized hoses and one side is filled with an electrical harness anyway!)

 

For everyone else with shrinking tops - if you are having trouble finding someone to re-skin yours, note that I am considering these chaps (https://www.sunroofs...om-size-ragtop/) as a manual full-on replacement sometime in 2020 since the size of the Aero Top 1 is so big (outer size: 1235 x 925mm; cutout 1134 x 834mm) compared to any current Webasto offering, so a custom built replacement might be the only way to go without fitting a new roof or welding panels back into the existing roof.

 

But I am going to try and contact the Peter Harvey, Sandwich, Kent Mobile 07956 292376 possibility first because my electrics are working well.

 

If I instead find that the sunroofsource product to be good value, I will post again.

Edited by [email protected], 14 December 2019 - 09:11 PM.