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Old Feb 4, 2006 | 01:36 PM
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hey. i've got a DC, RS model, NO SUNROOF.

well, it's been raining the past 2 weeks, and wtf, i've got a friggin' pond in my spare tire compartment. and it leaks to my backseats! first time it's happened.

checked the tail-light seals. it's oem foam and seems to be in good condition. it doesn't seem to be wet or moist either.

there's no sunroof too.

any other ideas as to where else to check?
i'm gonna take apart all the rear int. panels 2morro to look into it more.
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 01:43 PM
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I had water in the trunk of my winter beater CRX that I traced down to a leaky trunk lid seal. It was where the roof met with the hatch lid.
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 03:33 PM
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Hey, I have the exact same problem, can't seem to figure it out. not only is my rear seats are wet, but now my floor are wet too. Any help would be appreicated. Thanks in advance
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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to start! park your car under something so water cant get all over it. 2. dont drive in the rain untill you find your problem. 3. sell it to some sucker and buy another one without the problem.
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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I had the same problem. There are a couple ways to fix it.
1. Take out your spare and drill 1 hole for the water to drain....duh!
2. It is probably your tailights or trunk weatherstriping. What I did was that I took all of the tail lights out, got industrial silicone (the one they use for raingutters) put a bead around where the tail light meets the gasket, put the gasket on then let it dry. Then I put another bead on the sheet metal of the car where the gasket meets the metal and then pressed the tail light on and tightened it on. That fixed it. As for the trunk gasket, take it out, clean it all up and put weather striping adhesive then put it back on if its in good condition. Hope this helps.
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by FuzzyLS BRO SEDAN
1. Take out your spare and drill 1 hole for the water to drain....duh!
hmm. gonna do that for sure. just gotta make sure i don't drill into the gas tank, like that guy in torontocivics did!

2morro i'm gonna garage it, w/ all the int. panels out, and have my dad pour water w/ a watering can all over the backend. let u guys know how it turns out.
Old Feb 4, 2006 | 10:31 PM
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thanks so much again for the help. Very much appreciated.
Old Feb 5, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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i'll give u 500$ for the car
Old Feb 5, 2006 | 10:28 AM
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if it's a Gen 3 there's a drain plug at the bottom of the spare tire well.

Mines be out for ages
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by 93tegDude
i'll give u 500$ for the car
i'll give u a smack in the cheek in front of your girlfriend boyyee.

i put silicone around the hatch/trunk weatherstripping. not quite sure if i wanna seal it around the foam tail-light seal to the metal, but will do if the leak's not fixed.

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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 08:45 AM
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what I would do instead of the silicon is buy another set of gaskets and double up on them.

If my one on the car is in crappy condition then, buy two brand new gaskets and double up on those.
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 06:52 PM
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Just wondering, if anyone can advise me where i can pick up a new gasket and for how much. Thanks again.
Old Feb 6, 2006 | 09:09 PM
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Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by WildoutWhiteGSR
what I would do instead of the silicon is buy another set of gaskets and double up on them.

If my one on the car is in crappy condition then, buy two brand new gaskets and double up on those.
what do u mean by doubling up on them? squeezing 2 trunk gaskets into the groove? i don't see how that's possible.
Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:33 AM
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yup, just add another gasket behind or infront of the one you already have now.

SIC1 and others have already done it.
Old Feb 9, 2006 | 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by mechatune
what do u mean by doubling up on them? squeezing 2 trunk gaskets into the groove? i don't see how that's possible.
he's talking about the tail light gaskets.
Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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Doubling up on tail light gaskets work. I just threw out a couple gaskets out. lol
Old Feb 9, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by its me.. mario
he's talking about the tail light gaskets.
ohhhh. the files are IN the computer!
Old Feb 10, 2006 | 07:51 AM
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lol.. what the.. u mean that ain't a cup holder??
Old Feb 12, 2006 | 02:37 PM
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Can anybody tell me how much does a brand new tail light gasket cost? Thanks again.
Old Feb 12, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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^bout a hundred bucks? call acura and find out :/
Old Feb 12, 2006 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by azntegra2
Can anybody tell me how much does a brand new tail light gasket cost? Thanks again.
friggin $72 each side!

best thing to do is to go to the junkers, and double up.
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 02:02 AM
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Originally Posted by HKJ
^bout a hundred bucks? call acura and find out :/
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Aren't you lucky, I gave them to you for free. (...with the purchase of a JDM ITR cluster )

Scrappers are your best bet.
If I find another set in my parts boxes. You can have them for free.
Old Feb 13, 2006 | 06:38 AM
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Mine was leaking also and I also had a leak around the antenna and there was water getting in around the air vent in the side of the trunk on the drivers side.
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