![]() ![]() ![]() A bit of brown tinge on the black plastic due to dampness over a long period of time before I bought the car. Interesting enough, the pass side right rear sill was slightly off color. Please bear in mind that your floors may not be wet, but they may be getting slightly damp (not to the touch) which creates mildew and rust on floors. Are my vapor barriers leaking, just not enough to wet the carpet?Fully dry now since the last fix with the new vapor barriers and new Butyl (that is available at NAPA) Does not matter how much rain or washing with hose. Like I said, I've had wet BMW door sills since I bought the car. I reheated one rear vapor barrier after that side of the rear floor started becoming wet, and it fixed the wet carpet issue. Gtxragtop, so are your door sills dry after a wash or rain? The black plastic sills that say BMW, ///M or ///M5? I ask because mine have always been wet after a wash and I thought it was normal. Pulled the door panels off AGAIN and sure enough, the seal was broken in the same place. After my first fix, I never had wet floors but I had damp/wet lower door panels on both sides. If it is damp in any way, it is leaking and needs to be corrected. With your totally dry hand, wipe your hand on the lower door frame between the outside door weatherstrip gasket and the interior door panel. After a strong rainstorm carefully open the rear door. IT takes a hard rain, with the vehicle at the right angle to get wet floors. The vapor barrier can be separated from door frame and most of the time the floor will be dry. ![]() Cleaned door frame with autobody paint prepsol. Bought new vapor barriers, removed butyl AGAIN. lasted around a month with same symptom as above. I removed all old Butyl, installed all new Butyl. Reheat did not work, 1 month later, still weeping BUT NO WET FLOOR
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