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This definitely pertains to 1st gen owners and probably 2nd gen owners as well.
In the course of doing a bunch of body work on a truck, I found a place that is probably the source of many wet headliners and roof rust. This area had seam sealer applied to it at the factory but it was cracked and mostly missing on one side, and just slightly better on the other. Without sealant in the corner of the roof/A pillar, there is a hole that leads directly into the area between the outer roof skin and the inner structure... every time it gets wet, you'll have water in there and I'm sure that contributed to the rust I had to cut out of my roof.
This spot is very hard to find because the windshield trim covers it up for the most part. I used seam sealer to fix it but you could use just about anything to seal it up
FYI the first pic was an "after" shot. I removed all of the factory seam sealer with a pick. The second shot shows where I reapplied it like it was from the factory.
In the course of doing a bunch of body work on a truck, I found a place that is probably the source of many wet headliners and roof rust. This area had seam sealer applied to it at the factory but it was cracked and mostly missing on one side, and just slightly better on the other. Without sealant in the corner of the roof/A pillar, there is a hole that leads directly into the area between the outer roof skin and the inner structure... every time it gets wet, you'll have water in there and I'm sure that contributed to the rust I had to cut out of my roof.
This spot is very hard to find because the windshield trim covers it up for the most part. I used seam sealer to fix it but you could use just about anything to seal it up
FYI the first pic was an "after" shot. I removed all of the factory seam sealer with a pick. The second shot shows where I reapplied it like it was from the factory.