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Old 02-20-2007, 11:46 PM
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the bucik it nice and quite when around the city but hit the highway and it gets loud how can i make it so there is less wind noise my dad was saying some thing about a spay you can put on the door seals it make the weatherstrips swell up and he said i can have a shop lift the door to make it fit tigher? any one else have any ideas the sound it coming from the front doors
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if you push out on the tops of the door while driving, does the noise get louder?

if so, roll the window down and see if you can bend the top of the door frame back to shape to get a better seal
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yes its get louder what part do i bend lol? i am not going to go out to my car and start bending the doors so i need to know what part needs to be tweaked
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the top of the doors towards the door seal...
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so i just use my hands and push down on it?
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It'* unlikely that you'll have enough force to bend the door frame.

Something is likely out of adjustment. Can you snap some pics for us?

Moving to 92-99...
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what am i going ot take pics of? the doors? nothing it out or whack or bent i dontk now why its so loud
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Originally Posted by vital49
It'* unlikely that you'll have enough force to bend the door frame.
ive done it on cars that were jimmied into...just do a little at a time when you are pushing
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Had a lot of wind noise with my 93 SSE. The rubber weather stripping that goes around the door jamb (NOT the door) had shrunk over time and ther was a gap at each corner of the jamb that allowed air to come into the car. The two ends of weather stripping meet at the bottom of the door jamb. I pulled the stripping away from the jamb (starting at the bottom) and continued pulling until I got to the top corners. Mine was not glued. I then started pushing it back into the corners and worked my way down the jamb to the bottom middle. I actually have about an inch gap at the bottom where the stripping does not meet but it eliminated all the wind noise. I did all four doors in about 20 minutes and now its like having a new car!
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going to go try that thanks man!


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