HOLES IN ROOF, How many do you Have?

[2011SSVHOE]

Last week we had over 5 inches of rain here in NC, So last week I noticed that my passenger seat was wet, I seen it wet before but didn't think much about it . But on Monday morning I got in the Hoe and noticed water dripping in around the shoulder belt on the right side B pillar. got home from work that day and luckily it was just misting so I put some clear silicone over the plug where the light bar had been.
I puuled up the rocker panel trim and found out that the Jute was soaked. I stuck a towel under the padding front and rear to absorb the water. Tuesday I got home and decided to get out the shop vac, well after a half hour I had sucked out over a quart of water. I stuck the exhaust hose in there to ventilate the jute , took all week to dry her out.
Saturday I got up and decided to give the Hoe a dushe, took over an hour and a half to clean the ***** up. But I noticed after that , there was still water coming in .

So I got my ladder out and removed the silicone and the so called plug. lets take a look


I don't think that plug would keep a drop of water out of anything , that's a plug for a interior or some other use, not for keeping water out. I went to the hardware store and got a few Caplugs a far better design it shoud really have a solid rubber grommet.



What a mess just because some idiot was too lazy or cheap to use the right stuff.



any how all is good now. Just check your body plugs!!

Oh yea I have only 3, how many do you have?

 

[Samuraj]

2 on the roof
2 on pass floor
6 on tailgate
8 on rear view mirrors
1 on wipers cowl
This is it ....

 

[Samuraj]

And yes , have water while driving in the rain , in hatch area ...

 

[mr tahoe]

Lol i was lucky i had 2 only and the first thing i did when I bought my tahoe was to go buy sheet metal and find the closest welder and now i have zero holes no plastic caps or silicone on my roof , it took me 140 dollars canadian and half a day for a worry free ownership

 

[CrashTestDummy]

We had two holes in the roof of our Tahoe. I got some stubby radio antennas and replaced the plastic plugs with those. They have an o-ring seal, and seal up much better than those cheesy plastic plugs.

I did that for now, because I didn't want to have to tear out the headliner to get the spots plug welded and painted, for now.

I did the same thing on our Caprice. It had several more holes, 5 of which were plugged. I got some antenna take-offs from a friend who worked for an agency. For the large hole where the light bar harness went through the car, I installed a GPS antenna. We now call the Caprice 'the porcupine'.

 

[2011SSVHOE]

good idea!! Thanks Gene.

 

[RichardCranium]

I have those plastic plugs in my tailgate from where SHP had LED's. I pulled them out and put silicon around them, at least until I figure out another solution (I thought about buying a good tailgate from a salvage Tahoe). I might need to check the two roof holes now that you mention it.

The only water issue I've found so far, the driver's side passenger door had a lot of water in it.....I heard it sloshing around when I had to hit the brakes pretty hard. Haven't had a chance to look for a source yet....

 

[2011SSVHOE]

Most likely a stopped up drain in the door. Tailgate not as important as the roof as roof is horizontal

 

[RichardCranium]

Most likely a stopped up drain in the door. Tailgate not as important as the roof as roof is horizontal

That is why mine sleeps in the garage, no real worries about the roof.

 

[2011SSVHOE]

My two Harley's sleep in the garage