As many or maybe most JK owners know you get water leaking through the roof and or maybe the doors. When it rains my carpet gets wet and I finally solved the problem. I drove the car out of the Garage last week during a heavy thunder storm here in Brisbane. I had a torch and searched where the leak was coming from. I knew it was near the front edge of the doors and upon closer inspection I could see water trickling down from the top front corner then running down the frame onto the sill and then tracking onto the floor.
I then drove back into the garage and checked out the issue from the outside. It turns out water runs off the roof, along the front rubber seal for the split removable roof which works like a gutter and then down into the front top corner of the front doors.
All I need to do is make a deflector so the water wouldn't return back inside the gap of the door then down through this bad design of door seal in the top corner.
Next was to get some thin rubber and fix this to the top corner to deflect this water.
An old bicycle inner tube and some black soft flexible sealant - Sikaflex-Pro (Highly flexible Polyurethane)
It's was a very easy and cheap fix, total cost $00.00
It may look a little unprofessional but one the sealant had cured I trimmed back the rubber with scissors and you don't even notice the rubber deflector unless I told you about it.
The only draw back is if I want to remove my roof I will have to break the seal and redo it when the top goes back on. I never take my roof off.
Here's a few photos if you don't follow my description.
Stop JK door water leak
