Door seals

[bushpilot]

i used CLEAR poly/vinyl tubing...1/4ID-3/8OD, 20cents a foot
at lowes, its reported that youll need 55ft to do a crew cab...
i bought 60+ feet.

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i used a FISH TAPE to push a nylon string thru the hole in
the weather strip.

then i poked a hole thru the poly/vinyl tubing...then i tied
the string thru the hole in the vinyl tubing...then i pulled the
string BACK thru the weather strip...w/ the vinyl tube tied to
the string the vinyl tube will follow as you pull the string....
keep some soap/water on the vinyl tube as you pull it thru and
it will glide thru w/ a little bit of effort.

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run the TUBING thru the LARGER of the two openings in the
weather strip (i tried to get it thru the smaller opening
and it seems impossible to get more than a couple of inches
inserted).

i "fished" a piece of nylon string thru the entire lenght of
the weather strip 1st, that done, i then attached the nylon
string to the poly tube (1/4id-3/8od) and then pulled the
poly tube back thru using the nylon string...some
dish detergent and water in a cup (makes it PRETTY
SLIPPERY) on the tubing help the poly tube slip thru
the weather strip...get some of the soapy water on
the tube and PULL it gently back thru the weather strip.

on the 1st door i did i tried pushing the tube
thru...wasted 20min doin that before i said theres got
to be a better way...so i fished the nylon string thru &
pulled the tube back thru...i had it down pretty good
by the 3rd door (less than about 10min per door)

i reinstalled the weather strip at the top and sides of
the door and let any remaining soap & water drain (outside
the truck w/ the doors open) while i did the next door.

its really cured a LARGE amount of wind noise around the truck
doors...takes a bit more effort to close the truck doors too,
its well worth the 12bucks & effort !

 

[Tbar]

Pics.........no write up.

Door Seal Mod


Tbar

 

[platinum01]

Thanks Bush and Tbar. Tbar saw your pics. Will now have something to do this weekend while I am waiting on my other 3 guages to come in. Can't wait to put those in. Going to have to see if there is a Mod weekend coming soon.

 

[strokepower]

alright this is going to sound stupid but.....i take it that this mod is to quiet the incab noise or something like it???? someone clue me in please...sorry

 

[bushpilot]

tightens up the door seals...a HUGE source of wind noise.

the tube is pulled thru a hole in the weather strip that goes
around each door...it "stiffens" up the weather strip, preventing
it from colapsing as much (as it does w/out the tubing) and it
creates a tighter door seal

 

[Ironmerganser]

Thanks for all the replys guys!

I guess I won't worry about anything breaking!!

 

[BamaSixGun]

i noticed at Lowe's, when i was lookin at the tubing, that there is actually 2 kinds of poly tubing.

there is a poly tubing, which is a hard tubing, it does not give at all.

and then there is a poly vinyl tubing. this is what you want.

 

[rtm038]

I plan on doing this mod too. Will it help to reduce/eliminate the "squeaking"/"rubbing" noise between the door and weather striping when going over bumps, uneven pavement, etc.?

Ryan

 

[strokepower]

Has anyone done this with an ext. cab superduty????

 

[platinum01]

Ok finally did this mod about 2 weeks ago. I love it, the only thing I don't like slamming my doors. Finally getting to the point were I don't have to close as hard. Wife thinks it is funny to slam the doors in my truck. She knows it drives me crazy so now when I get in the truck I leave my door open till she closes her door of I crack my window. Really cut the noise down in the cab going down the freeway.