Folks,
Three years ago I completed a nut and bolt restoration of a BN2. Special care was given to sourcing parts from the most reliable resources available. This was especially true of all rubber components which reports on various forums have revealed can fail prematurely.
It was with considerable surprise then that I found after a year that when I tilted the windscreen down, a very dark brown/tan stain had been left in the paint on the shroud in a line matching exactly the out line of the rubber seal at the bottom of the screen. The car is ice blue metallic with clear coat. The stain was so stubborn that it was necessary to wet sand and polish the area to get it out. After about a year of having the windscreen down, the other day I raised it in anticipation of cooler weather to come. To my amazement once again I found a similar stain along there same outline, although this time it wasn't as dark and I was able to compound it out. What I found remarkable is that as readers will know, the seal does not actually touch the shroud when the screen is down. It merely hovers above it across the width of the car.
Has anyone had a similar experience?
I have placed a narrow band of felt between the seal and the shroud which hopefully will protect the paint through the next season. Is this likely heat-related?
Matt Runci
Three years ago I completed a nut and bolt restoration of a BN2. Special care was given to sourcing parts from the most reliable resources available. This was especially true of all rubber components which reports on various forums have revealed can fail prematurely.
It was with considerable surprise then that I found after a year that when I tilted the windscreen down, a very dark brown/tan stain had been left in the paint on the shroud in a line matching exactly the out line of the rubber seal at the bottom of the screen. The car is ice blue metallic with clear coat. The stain was so stubborn that it was necessary to wet sand and polish the area to get it out. After about a year of having the windscreen down, the other day I raised it in anticipation of cooler weather to come. To my amazement once again I found a similar stain along there same outline, although this time it wasn't as dark and I was able to compound it out. What I found remarkable is that as readers will know, the seal does not actually touch the shroud when the screen is down. It merely hovers above it across the width of the car.
Has anyone had a similar experience?
I have placed a narrow band of felt between the seal and the shroud which hopefully will protect the paint through the next season. Is this likely heat-related?
Matt Runci