Roof gap, Is this normal?

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thoth18

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Hi all, my car's only a few days old and I've noticed this gap on the plastic bits between roof and windows. it looks untidy but is this normal? the roof panels line up perfectly but not the plastics on the edge.





thank you.
 
that picture is very poor my friend! might be worth getting a better (less Blured) one?
 
Mines in my garage at home and I'm out of the country, but I've looked at some photos on the iPad and there's no gap on mine. I can't put the pic up as photobucket isn't loading.....crap wifi here!!
 
Are you talking about the gap or the bit that seems to be lower on the rubber where they meet? My rubber meets and is aligned and there is a smaller slot cut out on the outside presumably for drainage.
 
Mine has a gap of about 2 to 3mm each side, yours looks slightly more but not much. If you think about it I would imagine there has to be a gap otherwise the trim will rub when the roof opens if the separate trim pieces touched.

Tim.
 
I was concerned with the gap and not the extra bit of rubber.

It has been in heavy rain and it didn't leak. Just seems a bit odd for the rubbers to have that much of a gap.

Maybe I just need more sunny days for the rubbers to expand! :S
 
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Thanks for the photo. the gap on yours seems to be roughly the same but the rubbers are lined up, where as mine the front seems to be a bit lower. I'm trying to convince myself that this is part of the design!
I've emailed the photos to the salesman, I doubt he'd know anything about this, but maybe someone in his service department can help.
 
That gap is normal . . . . . . . . for BMW. If you want tight shut lines and impeccable build quality, buy an Audi!
 
Apparently there is nothing dealers can do about this without messing the with the rest of the roof which apparently lines up perfectly. (they checked for pressure adjustments - not sure what this means). They also tested it for water tightness and wind and the only advice is to keep using the roof and "hopefully" it'll get better.

I'm not convinced, a new car shouldn't have this issue, but there isn't much else I can do.
 
I'm still not entirely certain I see an issue here. The rubbers don't meet? Well they don't on mine either, nor the other photos on here?
 
When I notice something that doesn't look, or seem right on my car, I always compare it to others (obviously of the same model!).

If they are the same, then fair enough, I can accept it as being "normal". If they are different, then I have a case.

As your gap is the same as plenty of other people's, then I'd be inclined to say it was normal.

If it was leaking, that would be a different matter.

However, I can understand the niggling feeling inside when you think something is wrong.
 
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