Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #10
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   From: Kerim@aol.com
Subject: Re: Car wash washes the inside, too
   Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 09:31:36 -0500

In a message dated 96-01-30 11:49:37 EST, BeLotto@vaxsar.vassar.edu says:

>Because of all the salt on the roads out here, I've started bringing my
>Miata in to one of those touchless car washes that features an underbody
>rinse.  Problem is, the high power horizontal water finds its way into the
>car at the tops of the windows.
>
>

I'm out here in warm, sunny Los Angeles (well, OK, so *today* we have
rain...) and I also use a touchless car wash which has the underbody spray. I
haven't had the problem you are describing. Are you saying that water is
coming up through the doors, or are you saying that the window seals are not
holding? As far as I have found, the crack where the two rubber pieces meet
for the fold in the top (this is about dead center on the window, at the top)
*does* occasionally hold a drip or two of water. My solution is to squeeze it
with my fingers & a kleenex just after the car wash. This takes most of the
water out, and stops the eventual drip that would happen if I didn't do a
thing.

kerim@aol.com
'94 red "A" (what should I name it?)