i popped my trunk tonight to get a screwdriver to replace my mirror cover after i got home from work to find 5 inches of standing water in my trunk. now my $60 electric impact, $50 pair of work shoes, a couple of important papers, and a t-shirt are now ruined.

anyone else have some misfortune like mine last night with the storms?

 

whoa sorry to hear that..

 

You're in north texas right?

Those storms have sucked... Sorry to hear about that... How's the car?

 

yeah i stayed in addison last night at a friends apartment, but i live in masnfield

cars a little soggy but she will dry. i pulled everything out of the trunk and drained all the water through the bolt that holds the tools in. got most of the water out but there is still a little left in there so first thing in the morning im gonna go to the carwash adn vaccuum it all out.

all the insulation on the bottom carpet fell off as soon as i pulled it out so i gotta replace that, but other than that and the few other things its not as bad as it sounds.

 

My civic, after it got backed into and 'repaired' leaked water into the truck every single time it rained or I washed it.. It turned out it was coming from where the body panel overlaps the gas cap area's edge. I sealed that up with clear silicon and it stopped. But GOD it took me forever to find where it was coming from.

 

that sucks to hear man. You should have gotten some fish and had a rolling fish tank

 

that blows dude. these storms were somethin else. hope you can get the leak fixed.

 

im goin to order new weatherstripping for my trunk and new gaskets for my tail lights. hopefully that will fix it but just in case im not puttin anything back in my trunk until we get another big storm and it doesnt leak

 

damn that sucks

 

if it floods again tonight with the storms we are getting, im goin tomorrow morning to buy some goldfish from walmart, and ill take pics of my rolling fish tank for you scott.

 

^ That would be the best mod ever.

 

Don't forget the fish food

 

I'd send you $$$ if you did that haha

 

Hell, just think potential. Get some heat to it and voila, instant jacuzzi. Invite chicks at the mall over to check out your new mod and tell them to jump in for some pics with the 8 getting wet in your trunk, score!

 

i think ill just fill it with my garden hose and take pics of fish in my trunk lol

and all id have to do is start the car to heat up the water for a jacuzzi

 

Might be the rear glass window seal is leaking

 

I had that problem last year. I think they replaces some weatherstripping and it didn't do it anymore.

 

ill have to bring it in for it then and see what they do i wonder if they will replace my ruined carpet if i put it all back in. another new problem im having is my lights arent flashing like they used to when i lock and unlock my car not sure why that is though everything is closed

 

water is leaking through my trunk and making it's way into the passenger tail light..i used that rubber with the sticky side to seal the corner of the trunk lines and didn't help much wondering if anyone has any other ideas i can use? oh yeah and no my passenger tail light doesn't have any cracks cause when i empty the water it's coming out only through the holes which are the bulbs spots

 

thejew89, just out of curiousity, how much did you pay for new weatherstripping? I accidentially tore mine loading an oversized package into the trunk...as I live in TO Canada, it rains quite a bit here and will obviously need to get it replaced.

Cheers

 

i got it from a friend of mine that parts out rx8s for $5

 

does your friend happen to be in the dfw area too?

 

yeah its about a 20 minute drive from my house

 

great so what would be the best way to get in contact with him? i'm in need of some parts

 

he is mrmazda7 on the forum or you could go to his site revvinsevens.com