For all the guy's that have wet lower doors or stains from wet lower door, I have found the source of the leak in 3 SC's. I knew my problem might be isolated, so I removed the door panels from 3 other sc's with water damage and they were all the same.

Look in the rear upper corner of the seal on the body and the front upper seal near the windshield. These area's have to bend to wrap around the door frame contour and they become hard and solid over the years.

5 of the 6 I looked at had some slight warpage to them - that is they didn't seat onto the metal well and pulled up a little around the bend. All of them were very hard when squeezed around the corners.

all SC's with damaged doors panels from water stains on bottom take the following precautions and you may not need to buy new seals:

1.- remove the seal.

2.- silicone the area with clear silicone.

3.- replace the seal and fill in any gaps where the silicone did not cover the corners well. Make sure they are completely sealed.

4. close the door and let it dry under pressure.


After this, you should not experience any further leakage, however if any is present and noticeable, replace the seals that follow the bottom of the window. It is USUALLY the door frame seals, as these SC's i have looked at have shown me.


Good luck!

 

i thought this was known already?

anyhow, thanks for letting the newbs know.

 

It was always suspected the door window seals were leaking. It's actually the frame seals. I'm sure a few people already replaced ALL their seals and figured this out, but most people will buy the window seals, but could fix the actual door seal and it would be correct.

Normally I'd replace the seals, but in my case the rest of the seal is in very good condition and will last for years.

 

yeah, i never suspected the door seals. I remember reading this somewhere...........

too lazy to search.

 

On CL???? You must be the ONLY one! 'cause everyone searches around here

 

My door leak problem was related to the plastic sheet that covers the large service area on the inside of the door when you take off your door panel. It was removed so many times and stuck back on incorrectly with lots of tears, the water would trickle down the sheet to the inside of the door and on to the door panel wetting the carpet.

I replaced the sheet with 3mm plastic sheet from home depot and used silcon to seal it completely.
PROBLEM SOLVED. No wet carpet for the past 3yrs.

It's normal for water to get into the door from the outside where the door glass meets the weatherstrip. That's why there are small holes on the bottom of the door. However, more times than none, the plastic door service sheet has been removed and torn, and that is causing the leak.
Of course there are exceptions. I recommend trying the simpler causes first before diving in into the difficult fixes.

Good luck.

 

LOL. nah, i think im pretty affluent on the SC section. Im mostly a lurker now. Politics on CL and this forum is going down the drain.

 

 

we're gonna miss you man.

take care of your GF too!

 

lol.. we actually just broke up, but its for the better.... actually for my sanity. need to change the avatar and make room for the next girl =X j/k

GF is korean.. need i say more?

 

LOL. Hit me up! We'll have so ju(sp?)