some months ago I removed and resealed the rear window trim the cure a leak, first time I opened the roof - A loud crack and the bottom of the trim on the passenger side broke off, I assumed at the time that as I had also sealed the C pillars that maybe some adhesive had stuck to the trim and broken it off. I temporarily fitted the broken trim with double sided tape until I got around to replacing it. During this time some of the times when opening the roof this trim would get knocked off sometimes not. When I got the new trim strip (£56 from the dealers) I checked the clearance carefully and noted the rear window seal only just cleared the trim so as a precaution I shaved a couple of mm of the bottom of it before fitting which isn't really noticable.
Yesterday however when opening the roof the same thing happened to the drivers side - aww **** !!
Clearly my thoughts are I have done something wrong fitting the rear window trim, As far as I can recall the two bolts fitted into same size holes, in which case it couldn't possibly be out of position or were the holes slotted to allow some forward and aft movement?? I think I'm going to have to take it off again to check but before doing so I'm wondering why it has taken months to have this effect on the drivers side so I'm wondering if there is anything else that might effect the position of the trim that might have varied?
I attach a couple of pictures and the broken part and have indicated the rubber part that catches and rips of the trim.
Any thoughts??
Yesterday however when opening the roof the same thing happened to the drivers side - aww **** !!
Clearly my thoughts are I have done something wrong fitting the rear window trim, As far as I can recall the two bolts fitted into same size holes, in which case it couldn't possibly be out of position or were the holes slotted to allow some forward and aft movement?? I think I'm going to have to take it off again to check but before doing so I'm wondering why it has taken months to have this effect on the drivers side so I'm wondering if there is anything else that might effect the position of the trim that might have varied?
I attach a couple of pictures and the broken part and have indicated the rubber part that catches and rips of the trim.
Any thoughts??