The devil vomits in my kettle (with a water leak)...

Nah you should be ok, drill the rivets out that are there and the trims should come away no problem afaik. There is a thread around here somewhere detialing it a lot more...

[LHD_Kid]

Fit the rest of the rivets for starters as water will seep in the holes

Yes, this was my thought. but since the trims don't really fit at the roof line - where they have been poorly fitted, I was thinking to try and reposition them... rather than just putting rivets in where there are none - I have the patience for this, more than the fitter anyway...

What do you think.... am I likely to break the screen, or cause more problems...?

Is there any more news on this? I mean with everyones leaks... Mine is exactly the same - after Autoglass made 3 attempts at windscreen replacement last year...

I also have a group N look and sound, and it's wearing thin after 2 months...

Do you think it is worth drilling out the rivets and removing the trims down the side of the screen? Will I likely cause more problems?
Mine only has 3 rivets in each side anyway..... I wish I had known exactly what to check after the 3rd go they had..... (was never even finished right...)

Need some morale support here too - if anyone has any spare....!

Chris

Fit the rest of the rivets for starters as water will seep in the holes

[LHD_Kid]

Is there any more news on this? I mean with everyones leaks... Mine is exactly the same - after Autoglass made 3 attempts at windscreen replacement last year...

I also have a group N look and sound, and it's wearing thin after 2 months...

Do you think it is worth drilling out the rivets and removing the trims down the side of the screen? Will I likely cause more problems?
Mine only has 3 rivets in each side anyway..... I wish I had known exactly what to check after the 3rd go they had..... (was never even finished right...)

Need some morale support here too - if anyone has any spare....!

Chris

[Acidburn]

thats not the bit I lent you is it?

was lookin g for that the other day then remembered you had it

Nope still got your bit, that was in the back of the s2 before it went so thats still in the lockup

let me know if it is, don't want to go using it if its yours

I have some material on some seat elements, if you want the material its your's. Also you interested in a cheap loom/elements for your car

[s2driveruk]

let me know if it is, don't want to go using it if its yours

[Error404]

Btw forgot to mention, found some spare quattro cloth material if you want it mate, let me know and i'll drop it off to you rather than binning it

thats not the bit I lent you is it?

was lookin g for that the other day then remembered you had it

[PeterS]

I had the windscreen replaced on one of my coupes today. Used the preferred local installer - Don Cotton of "Village Glassmith".

It took him ( he used me as a helper) over two and one half hours from start to finish.

I supplied the new audi windscreen the the upper and lower trims. Don drilled out 12 rivets on each side after pulling down the door gasket ( he found silicone caulk under the driver's seal, evidently prior to my ownership (since 1994) the previous owner had attempted to address a leak). After drilling out the rivets, he pulled down the metal moulding and then carefully removed the a pillar trims. He cut through the upper and lower trims, used a sharp knife then on the top and sides whilst carefully levering with a flat screwdriver. He resorted to cutting wire for the lower part of the windshield -which he removed cracked but largely intact. He then spent time with more sharp knives and one with a chisel blade to remove the old urethane, then cleaned and primed the area (and checked for paint chipping)- put a large V shaped bead of caulk around the windscreen opening, the installed the new windscreen (after thoroughly cleaning both sides) tight to the top, and added two pieces of adhesive tape to hold the screen to the roof to prevent it sliding down before drying. Lastly spent considerable time re installing the moulding with new rivets - and took the extra care to ensure the a pillar trims sat flush with the roofline.

He said that if the necessary care is taken to remove, clean and reinstall the windscreen it should not leak - but seeing the detail to attention required I can now understand how skipping steps could definitely cause issues.

I'm very pleased with his work....he said that many glass installers will make excuses to avoid having to install a coupe windshield...I now know why.

[S2central.net]

Mine still leaking - I have slowed it down considerably with a wonderful product from FROST called 'Creeping Crack Cure' - its a thin silicone stuff that seeks out small cracks and seals them - it has seriously improved the situation at the A-pillar but its not yet watertight.

I did also have some weeping at the B-pillar part of door seal and applied the wonderjuice in there too - it appears to have been successful there.

It is such a depressing fault - I'm resigned to fact no that I'm going to have to remove windscreen trim (inside & out) along with the door seal - that is the only way I shall be able to get any more info of where its coming in. I am not going to spend one more penny on the S2 until the water leak is cured properly.

[s2driveruk]

paul, did you solve this in the end? after washing it yesterday i saw mine coming in from the drivers side lower seal.....kind at the base of the b pillar. Seems the water is coming in over the seal somehow, real wierd.

[Acidburn]

nevermind more fun choosing what to retrim some new recaro's in so all not quite lost yet

Keep the faith!

David

Btw forgot to mention, found some spare quattro cloth material if you want it mate, let me know and i'll drop it off to you rather than binning it

[S2central.net]

David - your door seal arrived in tact. Thanks again for that - a true Gent !

Not had time to fit it yet, but I'm crossing all fingers & toes.

[Davidsinclair05]

did you fix this or still searching for a cure?

[S2central.net]

Never had my door trim off to look at this... Its a thought alright. Quite the puzzle isn't it ?

[s2driveruk]

Paul, just thinking out loud but my pugeot has a leak in the waterproof door membrain and that allows it to flood the floor easily if parked on the flat. wonder if the same issue is causing this on our s2 too?