I recently bought a punto mk1 td70 , nothing to complain about it mechanically but I need advice on the roof drip side moulding. After i bought it i discovered hidden rust underneath it near the winscreen on one side and the roofrack brackets. I cleaned, sanded and covered with 2 coats of hammerite white (since the car is white). then I covered all with white zinc grease and put on new rubber mouldings but these dont fit snuggly in the area where are the brackets even with doors closed. There is a gap between the roof and the moulding. What do u suggest as a solution for this gap ? And if u can give me suggestions if I did any mistakes in dealing with the problem, maybe I can further touch up or do things differently next Summer.

thanks in advance for any replies !
regards.
Margaux

Please can you get some pictures becuase i do not understand where the problem is. cheers

Hi! thanks for your interrest in my problem. The first photo (blue car is how my car used to look like before mending it myself. blue car with doors closed pressing the rubber


while the next photo is my car (white mended) , the problem is that when I replaced this rubber it did not fit as snuggly as before., especially when the doors are open and do not sandwich this rubber against the roof concealing it.
the white pasty thing is simply white grease

this is with door open. the white stuff is marine grease.

none of the pics are showing there

Thats cause he's copied his Image File Location (off his HDD)
Not to the Forums Image Section or a 3rd party one like Photobucket/Imageshack etc etc

Ziggy

what should i do to upload the photos
???

anyway my msn hotmail is [email protected] if anyone has, so that I can show them to ya

im sorry all these problems but im new to the forum world, Im just a female engineer from croatia living in malta

margo said:

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the last one shows the gap of the roof rubber with open door. again that white stuff is marine grease

You may be great when it comes to oil and turbo's but computers got you beat

If you don't plan on using the roof racks and the seal fits everywhere else fine I'd still say just silicone glue it on Creates a nice water tight seal and the door will still shut fine

thanks for the reply
by any chance anyone knows a type of grease that is really sticky? I mean that messy that eventually will keep things together. cos if such thing exists I solved the problem completely ( cos to silicone it i need to remove a ton of grease completely and might damage the hammerite paint

The underbody paint called tetroseal is for stopping rust! That is thick and sticky as anything! Been trying to get it off my hands and outta my hair all day!

Was only after painting the entire bottom of my car that I read it's harmful and irritant to skin
There's me not caring and sticking my head in the drips on the floor
Good excuse to shave my head I suppose

tigerseal it mate

I nerdly solved the problem... back to the guy that does not like mk 1s

I mixed pure lithium marine grease with some water... the result a honey sticky substance that its messy like hell lol .
I guess I just needed to wait for some rain and the rubber adhered perfectly all cos of the lithium reacting with the water. Mind you I had to really mix all up vigorously with a whipper.

I love to whip things

Kinky :devil:

Glad you got it sorted

bredsticz said:

There's me not caring and sticking my head in the drips on the floor
Good excuse to shave my head I suppose

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WooHoo - Bred's going for the Sinead O'Connor look