Bodyman
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I have been meaning to do this for quite some time, but here goes. There have been a lot of complaints about excessive wind noise coming from the upper rear corner of the front doors. After examining them closely, I think the problem is two-fold. First, the main door seal on the body does not seal to the door as well as I think it should, and second, the glass weatherstrip is very loose around the pinch-weld of the door frame. I took some pictures to point this out.
First, I used an age-old bodyman trick to tighten up the seal to the car. Lower the windows all the way down. Using your knee as leverage as shown in the pic, bend the upper window frame slightly in, about an eighth to a shy quarter-inch. Do this to the rear of the front doors and the front of the rear doors so they are flush with each other. This trick, if not done properly, could tweak the door and cause it to not shut properly, so you may want to have an experienced autobody tech do it.
Second, pull back the window weatherstrip and clean the pinchweld in the corner and the inside of the weatherstrip that wraps around it really well with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Get some butyl tape, also known as "dum-dum" or "dum-gum" from a bodyshop or napa or other car parts store. Knead the butyl into a flat ribbon a sixteenth inch thick, half inch wide and wrap it around the pinch-weld as shown. Replace weatherstrip and apply pressure with your fingers to make it stick.
I have noticed a HUGE difference!
First, I used an age-old bodyman trick to tighten up the seal to the car. Lower the windows all the way down. Using your knee as leverage as shown in the pic, bend the upper window frame slightly in, about an eighth to a shy quarter-inch. Do this to the rear of the front doors and the front of the rear doors so they are flush with each other. This trick, if not done properly, could tweak the door and cause it to not shut properly, so you may want to have an experienced autobody tech do it.
Second, pull back the window weatherstrip and clean the pinchweld in the corner and the inside of the weatherstrip that wraps around it really well with isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Get some butyl tape, also known as "dum-dum" or "dum-gum" from a bodyshop or napa or other car parts store. Knead the butyl into a flat ribbon a sixteenth inch thick, half inch wide and wrap it around the pinch-weld as shown. Replace weatherstrip and apply pressure with your fingers to make it stick.
I have noticed a HUGE difference!
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