cabby roof seal gaskets

hi does any one know where you can get the foam gasket that sits between the roof and the metal holders for the rubber seals on the cabby soft top, i think there foam with a sticky backing, or can you just use silicone sealer ??

Available from VW part No 155 871 431 you will need 6, 3 per side.

What seems to be the problem?

i get water sitting in the rubber seal which when you open the roof it drips on the seats and sometimes you get a small leak near the release handle , i just thought the gaskets looked a bit past there best and it seems easy to renew them. cheers for the part numbers.

i belive vw stopped making them there was thread on this awhile back and theres a real cheap way around it, buy a roll off double glazing form tape, if you can't find the tread or stuff on ebay i'l post you 4mtrs worth of the stuff


recorded post £4.50 you just cut to lenght and away you go, you probly only need 2mtrs but i'd surply more than needed incase off mistakes, who ever started that thread was a life saver and money saver worked a treat

Okay,
but I would suspect a porous roof letting the water in.
They go like that after some time, the water collects in the frame channels and you do tend to get a drip by the roof handles.
The gaskets in reality just stop the wind, dust etc blowing in, the roof cover it's self is supposed to shed the water off the roof.
How old is the roof?
I had the same problem, I tried all sorts of remedies it nearly drove me mad, the bloke I bought the car off said it had a new roof a couple of years ago, more like 5 years ago.
The problem only went away when I replaced the roof.
I also did my headliner and interliner at the same time.

this the stuff from E bay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150230609897&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

I bought some, but it is completely a different density to the VW stuff.

I bought some VAG stuff just before me and jelly belly did his roof, so that was back in june time? I think..
So if you want the original stuff you could ring the local VW dealer and see/if they have some.

im guna ring vw on monday see if you can still get the oe gasket,  the mohair roof is in good con and gets treated with auto glym stuff regular its about 4 or 5 years old , the main reason i was thinking the gasket is the roof fitting guide in the technical section says that they are the most comon cause of leaks and the ones on my cab juts look nasty and old, poss didnt replace when roof was last done,  if i cant get the oe gasket i will try the tape stuff. if the roof had gone porus wouldnt you get damp bits on the roof linner or the horsehair sheet in between the roof???

I would guess the fact that the shape of the roof would allow the water to seep to the edges as that is where it rolls off, so therefore has the geater concentration of water on it, perhaps if your roof had flat spots and it formed puddles in the middle then I would think that you would potentially get a situation there.
The water if coming through the hood may roll off on the underside, depending on how close the interliner is to the underside surface.
It may also so be that most of the cars I have looked at don't have the interliner top cover anymore as this disintergates.
(this also wears the rubberised padding against the roof)
So I guess the rubberised pad would act like a sponge and again potentially the water runs to  the outer edges.
I think there are different schools of thought, when it comes to the foam gasket seals, as to their purpose.
If they are nasty anyway, swap them and if it cures your problem, then thats a bonus.

cheers chortle im guna try the gaskets if i can get them its worth a go , just wanted to do the cheap optoin first . thanks for the info.

guess i paid over the odds wen i brought it as it was not that cheap

hi just to update on these gaskets/seals if any one wants any vw say they are still in stock.

happy day's
let us know how you get on please.

yep will do, should be in at my local vw garage thursday and if the weather holds off i will fit over the wkend  and post how it went.

ok the gaskets came in today and i picked um up after work and as the sun was out i spent a couple of hours doin them today, first thing i noticed when i took the old shaged gaskets off the gutter strips is they had been nastly bodged by the last owner or someone , there was gaskets missing and sealant all over the plaice , so cleaned the rubbers up and the metal holders where the new gaskets were goin then put the new foam gaskets on and refited making sure the metal holders had atight fit to the rubber seal and then it came to trying the roof for water leaks , so hose on with my dad sat inside the car :mrgreen:  :mrgreen: and off we went 10 mins later spraying all over the roof and up against the seals where they meet the windows and NO LEAKS well and trully chuffed….      what i did notice was with the new gaskets on the roof the rubber seals sat much tighter to the windows so next time i get in the car after it rains i wont get a wet ass , which is a bonus.

marvelous, I love it when a plan comes together, you should really have a 2 inch strip of sillicone around the front screw hole at the first rubber seal holder, before you put the seal back in.
Maybe who fitted the roof did not realise that it is a wise idea to change the seals at the same time too.
woop woop!

How much were they from VW?

Cheers

Paul

they are 3.16 plus vat each , i got my ones a bit cheaper as my bro works in the trade, he told me when he orded them that vw had 27 in stock, i dont know if that is the only 27 left ever or they make more when needed…..  :?