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Old Feb 22, 2021 | 06:01 PM
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I'm at the end of my wits. I've bought two different halo weather-stripping and 3 different targa top side weather-strips and i cant stop this damn leak. The driver side is perfect but not the passenger. As you can see there is a hole (no rips or tears) but it just leaks due to that. I don't know what to do. Worried it will ruin my clothed seats and maybe create mold.

Driver side which is fine

Passenger side (left side triangle is where the leak is)

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Old Feb 22, 2021 | 09:22 PM
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GM or aftermarket weatherstrip? Many have reported the aftermarket never seal as well as GM. Mine leak a bit, perhaps less than yours, and I'm tempted to take it to a reknown local Corvette body shop to see if they can replace a couple of the weatherstrips and adjust the door glass.
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Old Feb 23, 2021 | 11:45 AM
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Looks like an aftermarket strip. Unfortunately, gm just discontinued the oem strip in the last few months.
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Old Feb 23, 2021 | 12:44 PM
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The water is supposed to be able to run into the "trough" created by the halo weather strip across the back of the targa top and then drain down through the inside of the side parts of the halo weather strip exiting inside the door frame through a hole at the bottom of the weather strip. This is something the aftermarket manufacturers seem to not realize so they don't make them right to allow this (big surprise). I found foam inside the side parts blocking the channel and the drain hole at the bottom wasn't right either.
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