$5 foam tube + rubber door seals = less wind noise?
02-22-08, 06:49 PM
#31
Hey, good idea... I went to ACE and bought a bag of 1/2 inch for $4 and some change. I tried to putt as much as i could into both down the B-pillar and along the top of the door in the rubber tube. I managed to only get the insulation about a foot and a half to about two feet. I tried both massaging the insulation down and using mechanics wire to poke or push it through, but like i said was only so sucessful, when my goal was to run it the entire lenth of the B-pillar and the top and front kind of by the windsheild. It does a good job of beefing the rubber up, but i think the corner of the window mod he's talking about will lead to much better results. I'm going to purchase 3/8 to put in the windows track. I have taken apart the mirrors because there is a TSB, and i have well documented it, i just need some time at my house to upload the pictures, in the mean time i will be just checking in here and there.
02-24-08, 04:55 PM
#35
I have to say this was a big step, I had finished and started washing my car and completely forgot i had done this. I started driving to my friends house at about 80mph, and the door was so quiet i didn't even pay attention to how much of a difference it has made for me already. Thanks alot Cliffud.
Sorry for the blurriness...
Step 1 - Peel back weather stripping from window frame/channel.
Step 2 - Cut a peice for sizing purposes
Step 3 - Cut the piece of insulation in half in order to fit the insulation in the window channel, otherwise the weather stripping will be to thick to tuck back into the frame/channel.
Step 4 - Place the cut insulation in the window channel, and start to tuck the weather stripping back into the channel to hold insulation in place.
Step 5 - Make sure the weather stripping is completely tucked into place over the insulation so you don't have any binding issues with the rubber or the window itself.. Any questions?
Sorry for the blurriness...
Step 1 - Peel back weather stripping from window frame/channel.
Step 2 - Cut a peice for sizing purposes
Step 3 - Cut the piece of insulation in half in order to fit the insulation in the window channel, otherwise the weather stripping will be to thick to tuck back into the frame/channel.
Step 4 - Place the cut insulation in the window channel, and start to tuck the weather stripping back into the channel to hold insulation in place.
Step 5 - Make sure the weather stripping is completely tucked into place over the insulation so you don't have any binding issues with the rubber or the window itself.. Any questions?
I find most of my wind noise is from the weather stripping track at the windows.
02-24-08, 09:54 PM
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Is it safe to just peel the weather stripping? Isn't it glued on there or something?
Did you have to glue it to secure it back to the window? Or did you just have to tuck it in without any product?
Hmm.
Did you have to glue it to secure it back to the window? Or did you just have to tuck it in without any product?
Hmm.
02-25-08, 01:13 AM
#40
kenkaniff - it's safe man and it doesn't require any glue or other adhesive to stick the stripping back into the tracks. you just have to massage the weather stripping back into the window frame. no biggie.
after seeing 3uz's variation of the foam BEHIND the rubber, I went outside and did it in 20 minutes.
SUPER EASY and it's just as quiet compared to before but now i don't have to worry about foam flying away when i roll down my windows. hahahaha
after seeing 3uz's variation of the foam BEHIND the rubber, I went outside and did it in 20 minutes.
SUPER EASY and it's just as quiet compared to before but now i don't have to worry about foam flying away when i roll down my windows. hahahaha
02-25-08, 02:28 AM
#41
I have to say this was a big step, I had finished and started washing my car and completely forgot i had done this. I started driving to my friends house at about 80mph, and the door was so quiet i didn't even pay attention to how much of a difference it has made for me already. Thanks alot Cliffud.
Sorry for the blurriness...
Step 1 - Peel back weather stripping from window frame/channel.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240177.jpg[IMG]
Step 2 - Cut a peice for sizing purposes
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240176.jpg[IMG]
Step 3 - Cut the piece of insulation in half in order to fit the insulation in the window channel, otherwise the weather stripping will be to thick to tuck back into the frame/channel.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240178.jpg[IMG]
Step 4 - Place the cut insulation in the window channel, and start to tuck the weather stripping back into the channel to hold insulation in place.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240179.jpg[IMG]
Step 5 - Make sure the weather stripping is completely tucked into place over the insulation so you don't have any binding issues with the rubber or the window itself.. Any questions?
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240180.jpg[IMG]
Sorry for the blurriness...
Step 1 - Peel back weather stripping from window frame/channel.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240177.jpg[IMG]
Step 2 - Cut a peice for sizing purposes
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240176.jpg[IMG]
Step 3 - Cut the piece of insulation in half in order to fit the insulation in the window channel, otherwise the weather stripping will be to thick to tuck back into the frame/channel.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240178.jpg[IMG]
Step 4 - Place the cut insulation in the window channel, and start to tuck the weather stripping back into the channel to hold insulation in place.
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240179.jpg[IMG]
Step 5 - Make sure the weather stripping is completely tucked into place over the insulation so you don't have any binding issues with the rubber or the window itself.. Any questions?
[IMG]http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg188/3uzfte/P2240180.jpg[IMG]
Thanks a lot for the pics, this will be on my to do list comes the weekend, after driving the LS (with double panned glass), it 'feels' very loud in the GS.... thanks guys!
02-25-08, 07:38 AM
#42
kenkaniff - it's safe man and it doesn't require any glue or other adhesive to stick the stripping back into the tracks. you just have to massage the weather stripping back into the window frame. no biggie.
after seeing 3uz's variation of the foam BEHIND the rubber, I went outside and did it in 20 minutes.
SUPER EASY and it's just as quiet compared to before but now i don't have to worry about foam flying away when i roll down my windows. hahahaha
after seeing 3uz's variation of the foam BEHIND the rubber, I went outside and did it in 20 minutes.
SUPER EASY and it's just as quiet compared to before but now i don't have to worry about foam flying away when i roll down my windows. hahahaha