Rain Water Draining Into Cab?

[noside85]

https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...er-drains-into-cabin.20578/page-7#post-805377

To say it's a Jeep thing is a copout. This isn't complex is an easy fix. Just seems they didn't do test drives in the rain when designing it lol.

The first Jeep was supposedly designed in 2 days.
There's been plenty of time to address this issue, since its been around for years.

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[futzin']

To say it's a Jeep thing is a copout.

A common reaction . . . FCA banks on it. The Bronco may change things.

Flame away . . .

btw, Toyota continues to profit on the blind loyalty of their Tacoma buyers, and we deride that truck. As a somewhat objective consumer (in the minority on this forum): Just Sayin' . . .

 

[Gatorized]

. ...I found my own solution. Ordered molded mats similar to weathertech that extend over the door sill so that water hits that mat on the door sill then runs into the bottom of the mat. Better than wet carpet and mold/mildew under the mat. So in the end, I've answered my own problem. No need to drive around parking lots to try and park uphill, lmao

Do you have pictures and a link to your solution? Thanks for sharing!

 

[1proudpapa]

Do you have pictures and a link to your solution? Thanks for sharing!

Bought these. Great reviews overall for these mats for the jl as well as other vehicles so I went with it.

Rained here yesterday so I measured .
Water should hit the mat about 2 inches in front of the back edge of the mat (on the insignia).

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[ShadowsPapa]

Those look NICE!

 

[jrf]

I have a Gladiator and i do not experience this problem.

Weird, I've not noticed this either and it's been raining quite a bit here. Wondering if I've just been parking on enough of a grade to not have the problem.

 

[1proudpapa]

Weird, I've not noticed this either and it's been raining quite a bit here. Wondering if I've just been parking on enough of a grade to not have the problem.

I have this problem with the soft top. I'm curious if you have the hard top or soft top? My hard top is on order so I'm not sure if problem would persist with the design of the hard top or not

 

[noside85]

This is apparent in the Hardtop as well, though I use the Bestop Sunrider now but it's pretty much identical as far as the rain channel. Had door open when it was lightly raining while filling up on gas and there was a steady drip of water from the front of the rain channel down to the door sill. The water would then run towards the mat. It's almost funny how this was overlooked or ignored, more so that some people think it's perfectly fine to have water drip into interior every time you open the door to get in your expensive ass truck. Not a dealbreaker but damn, really?

I am thinking about applying some butyl tape or something to the front of the channel to basically wall it up til I figure out how to do the mod mentioned in my prior post above, we'll see how it works.

 

[jrf]

I'm curious if you have the hard top or soft top?

Hardtop and it's been raining like crazy all day....I'll find out soon enough when I leave work!

 

[ShadowsPapa]

No problems here, our rain is frozen........... and white. It doesn't drip.

 

[jrf]

Crazy storms yesterday. Hardtop and I didn't notice anything unusual and I was looking for it. yes a few drops dripped off the edge and hit the door sill. However more drops from the actual downpour wet the inside and seat than what came off the gutter from the roof. Interesting.

 

[JTguy2020]

following...hard to believe this is just going to happen every time I open my doors after it has rained...

this is also happening to me. all my JK's and JL did this. i even had hard top on my JL. now soft top on GLad and pours inside

 

[JTguy2020]

this is def a flaw with jeeps. all my jk soft tops and jl leaked. now gladiator! smh was pouring yesterday outside the jeep and inside! smh

 

[Gatorized]

this is def a flaw with jeeps. all my jk soft tops and jl leaked. now gladiator! smh was pouring yesterday outside the jeep and inside! smh

Back in the day - the CJs had a gutter built into the edge of the windshield. Not unlike the DIY fix someone has posted. No gutter on the JL and JT windshield. When did they remove that from the design?

 

[JTguy2020]

Back in the day - the CJs had a gutter built into the edge of the windshield. Not unlike the DIY fix someone has posted. No gutter on the JL and JT windshield. When did they remove that from the design?

i have no idea but i brought this up to my dealership so many times ive showed them so many vids i took - we can a tesla to space but not fix the drain gutter on jeeps LOL

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