Left Sunroof vented overnight and it rained...

[nolerice]

So I have about 300 miles on my 24 outer banks and I accidentally left it vented when I went to shut the sunroof yesterday. It rained last night. No noticeable water until i started driving and water was dripping out of the vents of the rearview mirror casing, as well as some water around the plastic trim that holds the lights and sunglasses. I then closed the cloth liner that covers the sunroof window inside and it was completely wet. Nothing else in car is wet that I know of. Fortunately with the liner, there probably won't be any waterline stains since it's entirely damp. I'm guessing only thing I can do is let it dry out? Everything seems to be functional, no issues. If water spots develop around the rearview mirror panel, I heard hydrogen peroxide does the trick. I'm basically posting this to see if there is anything I should do other than let it air out.

Thanks!

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[Humper]

I worked for a furniture repair company for many years and saw lots of water damaged furniture, water rings stain, the only thing that we found would minimize the stain was a damp Acetone cloth, try the Peroxide 1st, if no luck with that try a small patch with Acetone, nothing to lose.

 

[nolerice]

I worked for a furniture repair company for many years and saw lots of water damaged furniture, water rings stain, the only thing that we found would minimize the stain was a damp Acetone cloth, try the Peroxide 1st, if no luck with that try a small patch with Acetone, nothing to lose.

I jus tried the peroxide and it seems to have worked. It was a very mild water line on the front pillars. The heat from florida dried the sunroof visor/cover within about 20 minutes and that looks fine. I'm hoping everything will dry out inside of the plastic case where water was coming out of it. I took it for a drive and stopped hard and took off fast to get it to drain. Fingers crossed.

 

[Humper]

Glad it's all working out for you so far, fingers crossed.

 

[wireman]

So I have about 300 miles on my 24 outer banks and I accidentally left it vented when I went to shut the sunroof yesterday. It rained last night. No noticeable water until i started driving and water was dripping out of the vents of the rearview mirror casing, as well as some water around the plastic trim that holds the lights and sunglasses. I then closed the cloth liner that covers the sunroof window inside and it was completely wet. Nothing else in car is wet that I know of. Fortunately with the liner, there probably won't be any waterline stains since it's entirely damp. I'm guessing only thing I can do is let it dry out? Everything seems to be functional, no issues. If water spots develop around the rearview mirror panel, I heard hydrogen peroxide does the trick. I'm basically posting this to see if there is anything I should do other than let it air out.

Thanks!

Lot's of humidity in your area. I would be running a fan inside your OB as much as possible to help dry out the headliner area as quickly as possible.

Can you remove the sunglass case trim piece to open that area for better air circulation?

Things will eventually dry out but possible corrosion on electrical connectors could be an issue down the road.

 

[BravoAlpha]

+1 on the fan. Open everything and blast it with a box fan. Even after it appears dry. Run recirc AC as much as possible. I’m optimistic as most of the big stuff stayed dry. But water goes to unimaginable places. Good luck.

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