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I called the best auto window replacement shop in town this week. I explained to them that I was planning to seal a water leak in my 3rd row seat window on the passenger side with Permatex Flowable Silicone. I called to ask if they had a better product, or a better process as I'm not opposed to paying professionals to do it the right way. They shared that getting these fixed (non-opening) windows out to re-seal them is a destructive process. And, because of that, they only replacement them. i.e. the success rate of them getting the window out without breaking is so low, that they only quote the job including the cost of a new window.
So, I decided to go the Permatex Flowable Silicone route. I did that last night in the garage. It's been curing for the obligatory 24-hours. Tomorrow I'll pull it out of the garage and park it in the driveway. It's supposed to rain for the next 6 days. I'll know soon enough if it works.
Mako
My leak has been getting progressively worse. Dripping from the headliner edge into the plastic side tray. The leak point is definitely between the window frame and the bodywork. i tested it by by accurately placing water (i used a big plastic syringe) at the back of the seal with the window open and it just poured in. i guess this is why both fixed and openable windows suffer from the same problem; its frame to body, not frame to glass, that's the problem. I had an attempt at removing the whole unit to potentially reseal the frame to the body but gave up as it got tricky fast. Looks like its flowable silicone for me too but at least i know exactly where to put it although cleaning it first will be difficult.Thanks Rick!
I called the best auto window replacement shop in town this week. I explained to them that I was planning to seal a water leak in my 3rd row seat window on the passenger side with Permatex Flowable Silicone. I called to ask if they had a better product, or a better process as I'm not opposed to paying professionals to do it the right way. They shared that getting these fixed (non-opening) windows out to re-seal them is a destructive process. And, because of that, they only replacement them. i.e. the success rate of them getting the window out without breaking is so low, that they only quote the job including the cost of a new window.
So, I decided to go the Permatex Flowable Silicone route. I did that last night in the garage. It's been curing for the obligatory 24-hours. Tomorrow I'll pull it out of the garage and park it in the driveway. It's supposed to rain for the next 6 days. I'll know soon enough if it works.
Mako