Hi,

My 500 collected some good puddles in the footwells after standing without its cover for a few days- we are talking about wet and windy England here. Looking at the sunroof (which is quite new) I expect it will leak by design. Has anyone come up with a simple solution for when the car is standing- like a pvc bag round the sunroof? Unfortunately my garage is too full.... I'm not thinking of the hardtops but I would also be interested to know if anyone has tried one. Cheers.

I think that you will find that the one place on a 500 that does NOT leak is the sun-roof. They are a brilliantly simple design (my old MG Midget roof leaked a heck of a lot more!). I would suggest that the leaks into the foot wells are from the screen---a subject that has been touched on before. Some of the seals (like mine) have the facility to insert a chrome trim into the screen seal---I am convinced that this modification asserts more 'sealing pressure' on the seal and stops the seal letting water through---I have never (yet!) suffered the screen leaking.

Hi,
Having sat in the car today fixing the door trim in the rain I agree with you-it's not the sunroof. I noticed a fair bit of water running down inside the door from the window. Maybe that is meant to happen and run outside the car? The window seals are old - actually mossy! The door seals and windscreen are all new.

Yes I found it runs down the window glass and inside the door, then if the little slit channels are blocked at the base of the door, it can easily flow into the footwells
Windscreens are also a culprit!

Well about the doors then. In this damp cold country I think my door cards which are open faced at the back are going to stay wet. In a hot place like Italy or Aussie they would dry out. I wonder if anyone has taped on plastic sheet like you see inside modern car doors?

From new they DID have a plastic vapour barrier between the door frame and the door card. They are not easy to find, but not difficult to make. Put it onto the door frame (hold it in place initially with impact glue). You will need a fairly stiff plastic, but not 'hard'plastic.

Yellblob said:

Well about the doors then. In this damp cold country I think my door cards which are open faced at the back are going to stay wet. In a hot place like Italy or Aussie they would dry out. I wonder if anyone has taped on plastic sheet like you see inside modern car doors?

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This is what I did - my door cards (not cheap) were an MDF material and I knew even here they would get wet and warp.
I fixed a plastic sheet over the back and all seemed fine

I put the plastic sheets inside the doors. Just bin liners cut to shape. Not a completely water tight solution, but one that helps to keep water out and channel any that does get in towards to outlets.

Seems to work. But having said that, I tend to avoid wet weather driving.