Date:         Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:50:41 -0500
Reply-To:     vw4x4@FYI.NET
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From:         Eric Zeno <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: noise from door seals at speed
Comments: To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
In-Reply-To:  <BDE357BD.6170%camper@tactical-bus.info>
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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:
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>>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.)
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>>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?
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>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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