Do the front door too, as water runs to the rear.

"Pat Moore" > wrote in message
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>I redid the plastic liners on the two rear doors on my 85 Jetta GL with
> 6-mil plastic and 3-M weatherstrip putty. I dried the bottoms of the door
> panels with a heat gun and put duct tape on the chewed up cardboard and
> closed everything back up.
>
> I was very careful to fully seal the door openings with plastic, cutting
> only small slits for the crank handle and a minimum cutout for the inside
> door handle.
>
> I thought I'd solved the problem of leaking into the rear set wells. Not
> so.
> As nearly as I can tell, my fix accomplished nothing. The first time I
> drove
> it in the rain, I had another half-inch of standing water in the back
> seat,
> and soaking wet door panel bottoms.
>
> Any idea what to try next? I live in Juneau, Alaska now, and I either
> have
> to solve this problem or take the car to Arizona, dry it out, and sell it
> in
> a dry climate.
>
> BTW, I also have a half-inch of standing water in the trunk.
>
> Pat Moore
> (85 Jetta GL Auto AC)
>
>