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Air sealing the roof |
db9146 |
Mar 10 2017, 12:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 953 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Atlanta, GA Member No.: 3,315 Region Association: None |
I replaced the seal around the back of the roof several months ago. However, there is now a slight gap in the middle where the seal is about 1/8" off the targa, leading to wind and engine noise. I have tried putting the roof out in the sun, supporting the edges and then placing some weight in the middle along the back edge but it really hasn't seemed to help much.
Short of adding material under the rubber seal in the middle and tapering it to either side, are there other options I should try? I have checked with an early roof (the stock one) and a later model roof but no effect. |
dgraves |
Mar 13 2017, 11:23 AM
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1974 914 2.0 Group: Members Posts: 180 Joined: 6-June 16 From: Montana Member No.: 20,076 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I replaced the seal around the back of the roof several months ago. However, there is now a slight gap in the middle where the seal is about 1/8" off the targa, leading to wind and engine noise. I have tried putting the roof out in the sun, supporting the edges and then placing some weight in the middle along the back edge but it really hasn't seemed to help much. Short of adding material under the rubber seal in the middle and tapering it to either side, are there other options I should try? I have checked with an early roof (the stock one) and a later model roof but no effect. I replaced my seal with one that has the fuzzy from 914Rubber. The fuzzy takes away all rubber squeak and seals air. I'm very happy with it. Dan |
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