Then the penny dropped.

It'll dry out eventually.

Aircon on, roof up, heaters on full hot, and just leave the car running for say 20mins after a journey, or while you wash the car (exterior) or something. Air-con dehumidifies the air and the heat will help evaporate the liquid still in the fabrics/materials of the interior.

Leather takes a while to fully dry out and when it does the saggy appearance should disappear :D


Good luck!

Dave
 
Yeah I think maybe a slight bit of opening would be a good idea, but just enough so there is positive pressure in the cabin a bit to assure the air gets out and dries it as fast as possible.

Dave
 
i feel your pain my friend. this happened to my corvette just recently. left the roof off over night, came back, there was at least an inch of water in the cup holders, the head unit was fried, among other things i only feared. however we stuck a box fan in the window, a heater fan in the floorboards to get under the seats, and positioned a 500W lamp above the interior to warm it up. after all that and toweling everything else off i ended up ripping the seats out and shampooing the carpets which prevented any molding. all in all saved the day besides the radio which i was going to replace with a newer one any ways :lol:. hope it all works out for you mate! missed you guys since i sold the z. vette guys are a bunch of self-entitled snobs :roll:

also as far as seats go, a heat gun will help tighten up the leather, loads of how-to's on youtube, just if you take that route i recommend conditioning the leather aftwewards. :thumbsup:
 
Lol, sorry but I bet the crew and other drivers were cracking themselves up at that one.... :rofl:

Stark said:
I was once coming back from the Isle of Wight...me and the mrs on the ferry, roof down, billy bollocks parked at the open front of the boat....mrs sipping some wine...lovely sunny day.

All of a sudden, big wave crashed over the side and drowned the car and us......one worse thing than rain water, that's salty sea water!! :cry:
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I know members have used a heat gun to tighten the leather on the seats. Think Pawnsacrifice had a post on this at one point when changed his seats.
 
Rob s said:
I know members have used a heat gun to tighten the leather on the seats. Think Pawnsacrifice had a post on this at one point when changed his seats.
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Yep we have used this method at work, use a piece of card to stop burning the stitching and be very careful once its burnt it's fuuuked. Cheaper so called leather just melts :cry: Good Luck.........
 
Nightmare!

On a car un-related note, I once had a fish tank of about 450 litres in my house and as I was going to be homing some fish that prefer fast moving, oxygenated water I thought I'd purchase some hosing and an air pump...

All fitted, including a non-return valve in case of a power cut to stop any return siphoning pulling water out, into the pump and then the floor....Turns out my downfall was that f***ing valve as there WAS a power cut that night and the valve just fell apart...
For an entire night the tank emptied 2/3rds onto the floor of the bedroom. When I woke up and put my foot on the floor in a bleary eyed state, that moment of absolute terror filled my body head to toe. :headbang:

I rented one of those carpet vacuum machines to wash the carpet and then vacuum up the water - it remains ever so slightly damp but dries out naturally. It worked wonders. If you can find one with a small attachment, it might be a good idea in the car..?

Hope you get her dried out.
 
Nightmare, hope you get it sorted. I haven't done this, but know someone who has. Gutted for you!

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Similar thing happened to me just last week. Absolutely hosed it down for at least 30 minutes. Roof of my Zed down the whole time.

Luckily it was in the garage though :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
I did something similar... ran a dehumidifier in the car all day and overnight. sorted the problem out...
 
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