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[Stanwithaplan]

Gents, exciting news, I do believe I have finally solved my leaky boot problem (I know, I know, the Gods laugh when us mortals make such rash statements).

So after all my efforts including, hours of research, deep cleaning, new boot seal, fitting of an improvised drain and copious amounts of siliconing had made no difference whatsoever to the pools of water gathering in my boot and condensation. I had just finished emptying my "water catchers" and drying out the boot once more, when I tried scraping the water off my back window towards the gutter with my hand and because it was such a small amount, I noticed none of it reached the gutter? It all disappeared into the black trim (next to the chrome surround). 

The water in the stripped out boot, was coming very slowly out from the underside metal seams directly under the window (out towards the sides).

So immeadiatelt I purchased some of Captain Tolley's creeping crack cure from amazon and have done multiple applications on this black plastic strip all around. The result is after much rain and a watering can's contents later, my boot is bone dry and I can see that the water now flows over it into the gutter.

I could not be happier and i hope it help those of you suffering from the leaky boot issue.

I also fervently hope I have no tempted fate with this post.

[lex - eleven]

Well that's a great relief I'm sure. Sometimes it's a cheap fix and actually finding the cause is the biggest problem. 👍

[Stanwithaplan]

Well the Gods did laugh, laughed hard in fact and my boot continued to leak. Typical.

So I bought brushes on wire and cleaned out all four sunroof vents, this got rid of 90% of the water ingress!!  Previously Lexus had blown through the same vents with an air hose, so I believed they couldn't be the problem, but apparently they were.

So now the only place the water leaks in is on the right hand side of the boot, facing the rear. It seems when the water flow gets to hard, it redirects across the seal. So I bought a roll of neoprene adhesive strip and stuck one short piece onto the part of the boot lid that touches the weather seal, where it twists downwards and I've not had any water get in since. Hurrah! 

So just in case anyone else has a similar problem here's the link, best £13.40 I've ever spent. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CK6TYKQF?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details