Leave your doors opened. This will allow the rubber seal to expand to its full original size, rather than its compressed state. When I store a vehicle in a known locked garage like my home, I leave the doors a-jar. This has fixed several air leaks I've had over time. Eric
jimt wrote: >On 12/13/04 11:01 AM, "-- Dan Roberts" <danielcroberts@AOL.COM> wrote: > > > >>I have done a lot to insulate my vehicle for sound, and for heat retention. >>I've added additional undercoating, especially around the underside of the >>front of the van. I've insulated the doors, floor, walls and over the engine >>with a type of bubble wrap between layers of tin foil. (Good for heat >>retention and surprisingly good for sound protection.) >> >>However, I get an unacceptable level of noise from my passenger side door. >>It's the door seal, I know, but the price of a new seal is too much. Does >>anyone know of a method for correcting this problem short of installing new >>door seals? >> >> >> >> >With the doors closed look at the top front corner of the door from the >inside and see if you see daylight coming in at that point. My van had the >problem right there and one other I also saw. What I did was just glue in a >thin piece of rubber to boost that part of the seal back up where it >belonged again. Still donšt know why that problem corner. >jimt > > > > |
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