Well I've been lucky avoiding afternoon showers the past month...until today. Got slammed in a Florida squall...the 2-3 inches in 20 minutes horizontal-blowing my-god-lets-build-an-ark type of rain. So I learned a couple things, and have a generally positive report on my new Rod Tops soft top.
1. Prior owner said car had never been in the rain. Well, that was good..except found a few undiscovered leaks, including one major problem- windshield posts (where they go through body) are not sealed. Water poured in through there, down the frame and ran right into the fuse box mounted in drivers left side foot box
also found a couple places water came through the seal at bottom of windshield glass.
2. Instructions for soft top (and video) said 10 minutes to install top. On side of road with black wall and lightning approaching I'm happy to report under 10 minutes is possible - but just barely.
3. Top was great- would have been outstanding if I would have put the windows in the trunk this morning
They are still safe and dry in the garage where the cobra should have been...even though the top kept out a lot of water, I still managed to get about a gallon out of the carpet with the wet vac at home. Fans running all night on the car so should be dry tomorrow.
4. And there is some Murphy's-law corollary about not finding any overpass or gas station when you really need it.
Even though I hated to get the interior wet- it was still fun and looks like no real harm done. Was a little tense driving on wet roads for the first time, but was able to pull over for the worst if it. sitting at a light in the rain a guy rolled his window down and gave me a thumbs up. Even wet and cold I'd rather be driving the cobra than my other car !
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