I’ve been working on various fix ups on my recently acquired TJ. I have had 7 or 8 of these over the years (still have an LJ now) so I have worked on various rain leaks in the past. But it’s always a struggle it seems. My current TJ leaks rain on both door openings. The passenger side looked to be the result of a bad door seal based on the water track so I replaced with an aftermarket seal but that did not help. Then I also noticed on both the drivers and passenger side that the windshield had been replaced in the past and the gasket was smaller than the original and looked to have shrunk and was pulled away from the frame in the corners. So I added some silicone there. The rain water appears to come down the inside of the door opening by the windshield and makes is way to the flat part at the bottom of the opening and falls over into floorboard. But it may also be coming in by the windshield seal area. The drivers side looks more like the water is coming from the intersection of the door seal and windshield seal area and the water trail is coming more down the edge by the speaker cover and then. Getting to the wire cover just under the curve in the door opening. Last night there was a big rain and had water in both pans. I was able to see the water trails but still not able to make a good determination. I have not yet replaced the drivers door seal and now second guessing if that would help. I will also saw that both ends where the windshield/cowl seal gets next to door opening seem to be mildewed from having water around the area.
I added some pics for reference on both sides. Can’t really see the water trail on passenger side and now I have dried it all up. Any other insight would be appreciated. I will try another simulated water test at some point but I’m afraid it may still be confusing between the windshield/cowl seal and the actual windshield glass seal itself (it possibly in combo with door seal).
I added some pics for reference on both sides. Can’t really see the water trail on passenger side and now I have dried it all up. Any other insight would be appreciated. I will try another simulated water test at some point but I’m afraid it may still be confusing between the windshield/cowl seal and the actual windshield glass seal itself (it possibly in combo with door seal).