Take measures against rain leaks in advance. Civic EK9 leaks often come in through cracks in the roof seams. First, remove the roof molding. The rear side can be easily removed by sliding it to the front of the car body. Even so, it’s dirty. When I remove the dirt, there are still slight cracks. The roof of this car has been replaced once, but it still cracks in a few years. Apply a metamorphic silicone caulking. It’s a part hidden by the roof molding, so it’s suitable. Caulking was smoothed with fingers. After that, it seems that there are many intrusions from the hinge part at the base of the rear hatch. After all there is a slight crack around the hinge. Hmm? There are also fine cracks here. I also piled up metamorphic silicone caulking and smoothed it with my fingers. I just want to prevent leaks.
It’s not a big deal, but it’s a work memo. I removed the roof antenna to do something a little this time. If you know how to remove it, you can remove it in 5 minutes. It took me 15 minutes by trial and error. First, remove the three push-type clips that are fixed to the top of the rear glass. If you remove these three clips, you can flip the interior a little and insert your hand through the gap to remove the antenna. There is no need to remove the interior of the C-pillar. This time, I had a hard time removing this push-type clip. If you know the structure, it’s easy to remove. Insert something like a flat-blade screwdriver into the gap between the white and black parts and pry it to unlock it. Remove the hexagon nut-shaped special screw with a monkey wrench or the like. After that, you can remove the antenna by pushing the plastic tab of the red circle and pulling it out from the outside. The work is completed.
