Rain & Spider seat is soaking wet?

[ltooz@domain.elided (LLe_2001)]

Hello Russ,
 I rained cats & dogs in Sunnyvale, CA for the last few days. My bucket seats were filled with water, you could even take a glass and scoupe the water to drink.
 I unbolted the ends of the seals on both side, pull them out and let them hang freely. I closed both doors and make sure they're still hanging and not bend inside the vent by mistake. VOILA, the water is channeled and dripping through these hanging ends. I drove today in heavy rain, and not a drop went inside the car. AMAZING!!!! 
 This is a great ECO for alfa spider top installation.
 BTW, are all spiders tops made the same way? It's been produced for "thousands of years" and no one has the leaking problems like mine? If they did, why this ECO was never implemented at the factory?
 Thanks a lot RUSS, I don't know what I would have done without you and this "information center"...:o)
 BTW, one more leaking issue, I swored that sometimes when I turned corner fast in the rain, I had a few drops of water coming from the rear view mirror. It didn't come back? Can this happen?
 Does anyone get steam or water inside the plastic window? Mine has some, I looked at the seams, and they look fine, no tears or crack (it's a fairly new top).

Cheers and thanks again,
91 Spider Veloce, still enjoyable in the sun & now "in the rain" !!!!
Sunnyvale, CA
AlfaNeely@domain.elided wrote:

>       I was busy and had the local Alfa Mechanic put a new top on my wife's 
>91 Spider.  The rubber seal that goes across the top of the windshield is 
>folded back and bolted above the vent window originally.  I helped the 
>mechanic pull in the new rubber seal.  He said if it was OK with me, he would 
>leave the ends of the rubber sticking out.  He just cut them off even with 
>the edge of the top.  This channels the water away from the vent window area. 
> You have to look pretty close to tell that it is not done the factory way.
>       That might be where your top is leaking.  The rubber seal can be 
>replaced without removing the top.
>
>Ciao,
>Russ Neely
>Oklahoma City
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>In a message dated 11/13/2001 1:01:39 PM Central Standard Time, 
>owner-alfa-digest@domain.elided writes:
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>> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 12:37:49 -0500
>> From: ltooz@domain.elided (LLe_2001)
>> Subject: Rain & Spider seat is soaking wet????
>> 
>> Hello all,
>> The top is new, all parts are new but the top is dripping into the car by 
>> an indentation of the top & the vent window (stopper). The indentation is 
>> like a drain going straight to inside the car. How do I fix this? Any tip & 
>> trick? It's ridiculous to put the car in the garage on rainy days. There 
>> must be a better way for the top to withstand the rain, or isn't there?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Louis
>> 91 Spider Veloce,
>> 
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