umm..water in trunk after deadening lid?

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

well a few days ago i did part 1 of deadening my trunk, which was the trunk lid first as thats akll i had time for.. and today my car was dirty as a mofo so i went though delta sonic car wash (automated car wash) and i opened my trunk, because i got some strange feeling something was wrong, weird i know.. and i noticed my trunk was SOAKED.. so i look up at the lid and i see water on the bottom of the trunk lid, all over the inner panel on the trunk, the wheel well and underneath the rear deck //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif .. this never happened before i installed the secondskin damplifier on my trunk lid, so i know thats what caused the problem.

heres a pic of my trunk lid after i deadened it:

where could i have placed the secondskin to cause this problem? the weather stripping is compltely fine not torn or ripped anywhere.. ideas?

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[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

ill have moar pix later when i get home

 

[gunz4me2 10+ year member]

How close to the trunk gasket/seal are you? As a rule of thumb, I would recommend staying 1 to 2 inches away from that gasket when deadening. It looks like you are right on it from the photo, but, I could totally be wrong.

 

[Supergumby5000 5,000+ posts]

dry your truck out, spray it with a hose, see where the water is coming in from.

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[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

Its cause you used ss and not sds //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

ya looks like you went to far out.

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

maybe you deadened over the seal and didn't notice. Check it out

 

[WOT]

Remove any brackets? Bolts missing...?

Id say you didnt put something back on right, or left a bolt hole open or something

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

Remove any brackets? Bolts missing...?
Id say you didnt put something back on right, or left a bolt hole open or something

everything is fine.. only 4 bolts holding the lid on all tight and firm but i love your ava....

ill try taking off some of the deadener around the outside

 

[Rudy 10+ year member]

everything is fine.. only 4 bolts holding the lid on all tight and firm but i love your ava....
ill try taking off some of the deadener around the outside

That's almost certainly the problem - gasket isn't sealing against a smooth surface anymore.

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

ok guys i took about 1-2 inches of deadener off from the bottom, everywhere else is fine.. you people are right about how the weather stripping was touching the secondskin, not directly to the trunk lid.. ill have a pic up later of how much i took off.. also took some off in the 2 bottom corners and rounded it out more.. it looks a lot better now also so hopefully it works.. ill know for sure tomorrow when i go back for my free wash.. (buy one you get free wash within 24hrs)

 

[BeAlLsTaR13 10+ year member]

Well I went back and it was filled again I looked as I was closing the trunk and the wearer stripping doesn't touch the deadener anymore so idk what it is

 

[gboo559 10+ year member]

Do you play your subs during the car wash?

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

pop the trunk and run a little bit of water on yoru back windshield. If should go down the window into the metal track around the trunk then out by the bumper. Follow the water and see where it goes?

 

[JuicyJeff 10+ year member]

I mean like trunk wide open watching the water run down the track