Sam
Well-Known Member
Hope you are all well chaps 
I knew it was quite common that the 120 sufferes from sunroof rust. Not the body itself, just the slidy bit that holds the glass. And indeed, my 03 LC had just that when I bought it - but it wasn't a big deal and after a couple of years of dedicated procrastination I've finally got round to taking it out for repair.
Removed in 6 minutes, rubbed down, treated, primed, repainted (the housing and swmbo's cat) and back in the same day.
The issue is the rubber. I had to sacrifice a lot of the bead of sealant (stuck under the glass). A bead of such perfect sticky roundness that it can only have come pre-beaded in some way. So, although the rubber went back in just fine and everything looks good - I know it's not going to stand up to this weeks weather plans.
Mr T. says the glass, rubber and metal casing (not rails etc. just the bit the glass is in) comes as one part. ONE part. Explains why I couldnt get the glass out - and suggests no chance of just a new rubber with special beady sealant.
The ONE part is about £300 and comes from belgium in about 7-10 days
So, my options are to either order the part - applying lots of sellotape to my roof for 10 days - or ask you chaps if you know how to separate the glass from the metal housing?
I would ideally need to do that because the shape of the rubber lends itslef to needing to be sealed by the special round sticky bead under the glass - as opposed to a messy splash of sealant all over the place in, behind, under and outside of the rubber - which is what will clearly happen if I squidge sealant in there with a gun before putting the rubber in.
At the moment I'm leaning towards finding a tiny nozzle and squirting a tiny bead of sealant in between the top rim of the rubber and the glass after the rubber is in - but that's going to make the lip rise up causing air drag that will put a serious dent in my 0-60 times along the strip
I suppose my real question is then, am I missing anything obvious or should I just get squidging with the sealant gun before the rain hits?
I knew it was quite common that the 120 sufferes from sunroof rust. Not the body itself, just the slidy bit that holds the glass. And indeed, my 03 LC had just that when I bought it - but it wasn't a big deal and after a couple of years of dedicated procrastination I've finally got round to taking it out for repair.
Removed in 6 minutes, rubbed down, treated, primed, repainted (the housing and swmbo's cat) and back in the same day.
The issue is the rubber. I had to sacrifice a lot of the bead of sealant (stuck under the glass). A bead of such perfect sticky roundness that it can only have come pre-beaded in some way. So, although the rubber went back in just fine and everything looks good - I know it's not going to stand up to this weeks weather plans.
Mr T. says the glass, rubber and metal casing (not rails etc. just the bit the glass is in) comes as one part. ONE part. Explains why I couldnt get the glass out - and suggests no chance of just a new rubber with special beady sealant.
The ONE part is about £300 and comes from belgium in about 7-10 days
So, my options are to either order the part - applying lots of sellotape to my roof for 10 days - or ask you chaps if you know how to separate the glass from the metal housing?
I would ideally need to do that because the shape of the rubber lends itslef to needing to be sealed by the special round sticky bead under the glass - as opposed to a messy splash of sealant all over the place in, behind, under and outside of the rubber - which is what will clearly happen if I squidge sealant in there with a gun before putting the rubber in.
At the moment I'm leaning towards finding a tiny nozzle and squirting a tiny bead of sealant in between the top rim of the rubber and the glass after the rubber is in - but that's going to make the lip rise up causing air drag that will put a serious dent in my 0-60 times along the strip
I suppose my real question is then, am I missing anything obvious or should I just get squidging with the sealant gun before the rain hits?
