Wet Boot/floor/wheel well
today i FINALLY got to the bottom of my wet boot floor saga
todate i had checked and resealed these items
rear lights twice!
rear ariel
rear boot rubber was removed and i had used mole grips to clamp it shut tighter to grip the bodywork better, i had also added sum silicone to help seal it up
Rear spoiler twice!!
and it was neither
in the depths of the rear arches/boot floor in the pockets down the side there is 2 large fixings, one of them looks like a vent for the fuel system which passes close by, the other side has the same hole with a blanking plate
after a lot of water being passed over the back lights i finnaly saw the water dripping in through these and filling the side pockets of the boot floor with water
rather then take the bumper off i resealed these from the inside with silicone and did another water test, which it seamed to pass
worth looking at if yours leaks, its took me ages to find this and i wanted it sorted for the upcoming winter
from what i can see without stripping them down they only have sum crappy foam gaskets??
poor design, im thinking the bodyshop probably removed mine when i had the back end painted and never refitted them properlly
todate i had checked and resealed these items
rear lights twice!
rear ariel
rear boot rubber was removed and i had used mole grips to clamp it shut tighter to grip the bodywork better, i had also added sum silicone to help seal it up
Rear spoiler twice!!
and it was neither

in the depths of the rear arches/boot floor in the pockets down the side there is 2 large fixings, one of them looks like a vent for the fuel system which passes close by, the other side has the same hole with a blanking plate
after a lot of water being passed over the back lights i finnaly saw the water dripping in through these and filling the side pockets of the boot floor with water
rather then take the bumper off i resealed these from the inside with silicone and did another water test, which it seamed to pass

worth looking at if yours leaks, its took me ages to find this and i wanted it sorted for the upcoming winter
from what i can see without stripping them down they only have sum crappy foam gaskets??
poor design, im thinking the bodyshop probably removed mine when i had the back end painted and never refitted them properlly
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Adam Kindness
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