How swampy is your boxster after heavy rain?

[algiorda]

With all this said, what are the best preventative measures we can do to water proof our Box?

It would be nice to have photos of the leakage points.

[Cbonilla]

Originally Posted by algiorda

With all this said, what are the best preventative measures we can do to water proof our Box?

It would be nice to have photos of the leakage points.

Keep your drains clean, particularly in those seasons when trees are shedding leaves, flowers, and other debris.

Locations of Drains are well desribed in your manual

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by algiorda

With all this said, what are the best preventative measures we can do to water proof our Box?

It would be nice to have photos of the leakage points.

if you have torrential rains in your area and normally park outdoor, my advice is pick a permanent parking spot with this in mind e.g. under a tree, structure. Clean drains or not, heavy rain 'can' overwhelm those miniature size drains near that plastic window. Becomes a game of 'Lucky or Not". Mother nature won this time :/

Promise myself it wont happen again... man, poor car

[seningen]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

if you have torrential rains in your area and normally park outdoor, my advice is pick a permanent parking spot with this in mind e.g. under a tree, structure. Clean drains or not, heavy rain 'can' overwhelm those miniature size drains near that plastic window. Becomes a game of 'Lucky or Not". Mother nature won this time :/

Promise myself it wont happen again... man, poor car

The convertible top area has two drains on each side -- there is a foam "bucket" with
a drain hole in the bottom. If the drain hole can't support the volume of water coming into the bucket -- the escape route is over the front of the bucket and down the firewall behind the carpets.

And as has been explained -- the low point in the car stores the immobilizer under the drivers seat, w/o a drain.

One car I purchased had suffered such a fate -- I ended up pulling all the carpet out,
sucking the backside of the carpet where the padding is with a wetvac -- many times.
Then sat the whole assembly out for several weeks to dry -- and still had to wetvac some sections again. Note -- the carpet is such that despite the padding being absolutely soaked -- the top side was bone dry and didn't hint at the swamp contained beneath. So -- I'm not sure the humidifier trick will work -- but it would be far less work!

I eventually won! I even reconditioned the carpets with new carpet paint -- and they looked and smelled great.

Also note, if you have had your convertible top serviced -- it is easy to screw that up and puncture the foam buckets. The arms on each side are perfect spears.

Mike

[Nine8Six]

Nice explanation Mike, thanks. From the look of it we are still learning and enjoying this car. Hard way or less, still fun man

Like myself perhaps, you mush have missed the bulletin :/



^ it'd look more real with roof on