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Soft top seals

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Fig 1: Identifying Windscreen Member Seal, Front Rail Seal, Middle Rail Seal And Soft Top Seal
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The windscreen member seal (1) seals between the soft top first bow and the windscreen member and between the A-pillars and the door windows. The seal is pressed onto the windscreen member and the A-pillars with fastening strips and screwed to the upper corners.

The front rail seal (2) seals between the soft top and the door windows. The seal is pressed onto a lip on the first rail and is screwed on at the front.

The middle rail seal (3) seals between the soft top and the rear side windows as well as the trailing edge of the door window. The seal is pressed onto a lip on the middle rail.

The rear rail and sixth bow seal (4) is one single unit. It seals between the soft top and the rear side windows as well as between the soft top sixth bow and the soft top cover. The seal is hooked and pressed into a slit at the top of the rear rails. On the sixth bow, the seal is pressed into a groove.

The soft top seal (5) and the outer weatherstrips for the rear side windows are one unit. It seals between the soft top cover and the body as well as between the side wall and the outside of the rear side windows. The seal is pressed onto a fold in the metal and is fastened with four rubber plugs at the front.