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Old 08-06-2014
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The rains have come again and my jeep in wet inside again.

I've had it fixed three time by jeep Melville replaced all the seals including the new upgraded ones from the US !!!
I have now resorted to taping up the joints on the freedom panels.
My next option is to go back to Jeep and see if they will swap out my freedom panels for new ones to see if they are warped.

I have reseated them according to the suggested procedure and Had them off used silicon grease on all seals still with no luck,

Like every Walrus all I want is a tight seal.

Any ideas from the gang!!!
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Take the panels off. Dry everything...like with a hairdrier, so its completely dry.....
coat the sealing areas carefully with cornflour, or similar.
refit the tops, clamp and tighten them down. Rain some water down on your roof with a hose set to rain drop size....spray in the air and let it fall on the roof.
After a while, stop and chamois down the roof to remove loose water drops.
Carefully remove the tops and inspect the cornflour (powdered chalk dust works well too).....look for wet sections of the dust extending across the sealing areas - should indicate the leaking area.

Used to use a similar procedure for chasing pressurisation leaks on aircraft door seals.

Best thing I can think of.
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One more hints for you. Don't over tighten anything for the panels. Most of the time leaks are caused by this issue rather than the seal.
The rule is : tighten up everything does not mean won't leak. it is the other way.
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Where exactly is it wet?

Had problems with leaks on mine due to me over tightening the retaining screws in the soundbar. Resulted in the inner (white) and outer (black) skins separating and the panel filling with water which I could hear as I drove and would leak through when I stopped / cornered.

Had one panel replaced under warranty, the other I ran a bead of silicon around the edge in the join between the 2 sections. Seems to have cured it for the most part.
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everything you wanted to know about JK water leaks pdf on the JK-Forum http://www.wkjeeps.com/misc/Wrangler..._Leaks_All.pdf
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everything you wanted to know about JK water leaks pdf on the JK-Forum http://www.wkjeeps.com/misc/Wrangler..._Leaks_All.pdf
Don't know if it is me or not but the link seems give a 404 error
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try that http://www.wkjeeps.com/misc/Wrangler..._Leaks_All.pdf
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