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Be careful adjusting the bump stops. You will bend your hood! The hood is made to be lower. Unlock the hood and make it level without locking it and watch how large the gap is between the grill and the hood. Not good.

I ordered 2 of these and a dealership and Ford Engineer could not even get it working using all of Fords tools.

I don't get it... Are they going to remove the glass in the old top and install it in the new top? Is that worth the risk? How many windows and tops will be ruined in this next phase?

Are replacement MIC tops being shipped without windows?

Good find! Yes, that is this issue!

Yes, unless it is too much water for the snipped flap and drain hole (the one you found, not in the photo, not the yellow one) to handle. If the channel is filled. And water is draining in the yellow hole as designed. And the vehicle shifts to an angle and the water runs down the channel...

I am not following you. Once the section that has the small hole that you found overflows. It is already too late. Anything below that won't matter.

These are good ideas but not what is happening here. We are seeing more of these, there is another thread on it now too. There is no damage, no pinches, no tears. The top lets water in this channel. The channel can not hold enough water. The drains can not drain quickly enough. The water...

I don't disagree with this. The top and/or the gasket will have to be redesigned to prevent as much water from getting in this channel.

Welcome to the club. I warned @Ford Motor Company about this and they would not listen to me. They assumed they knew the problem. Would not let me show them at the dealership and attempted to try all kinds of things that would have never worked. They ultimately wanted to replace a part with an...

I do not know where that plastic cap is. Once the water passes the foam dam. If the water overflows the gasket it will fall directly onto the non-roll-bar. It then drips down the roll bar onto the backside of the plastic covering the air bags. This isn't really a sealant issue. The gasket...

If you look closely at the small hole in the corner that you found...it connects to a port that comes out to the inside channel of the window gasket. It will run down this gasket and exit the vehicle.

If you look closely at the small hole in the corner that you found...it connects to a port that comes out to the inside channel of the window gasket. It will run down this gasket and exit the vehicle.

Now that you have a clear picture. Imagine a heavy rain filling up that gasket/channel with water. Let's say the drains are adequate on level ground. If the channel is filled, and then there is a shift to one side or the other....the water will hit the foam dam and go past it. There is another...

Yep those are the "drains". And that is why I have been saying this is not a top issue. It will happen on all tops. All you have to do is pour water in the channel with a water bottle and it will overflow. The doors and windows have to be closed.

1/4 to 3/8 inch.

The drain ports are not at the end of the gasket. Yes, I think they are too small, but making them larger and doing nothing else will not resolve it. Ford would not let me show them because of "insurance".

When it is parked or slow-moving with heavy rain. Then a sudden angle change to either side.

Thanks Flip. The issue is that 502C52 can not handle the amount of water held by the red (can not see part number) gasket at the top of the windshield. When the vehicle is level, both 502C52's handle the water fine, but with a slight shift in angle to either side the water overwhelms either...