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Subject:Cheap window fix. Was: Wind noises.... door - Followup
From:neil
Date:Sun, 25 Jun 2006 13:19:28 -0400

Hi all.

--- Mike Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Month or so ago I asked for advice and ideas on how
> to deal with a
> mysterious rushing wind noise that comes from the
> upper rear corner area
> of the driver's door when driving at speed. ......

This post reminded me of another Road-Fix I did on my
Westy. Don't know if it's a long lasting solution, but
it worked well on the road and is still holding.....

Driver side door was in an accident with PO. Repair
done ok, but window didn't seal against runner rubber.
The Road-Fix?

Weather stripping. The good high density type. Don't
recall which thickness. Feathered bottom of strip (so
window wouldn't roll it up), and ran it along source
of leak (put strip facing out between forward rubber
runner strips). Had to futz with postioning, but end
result was it took out extra play between window and
rubber, and cut out a lot of wind noise.

Cheers.

Neil Nicholson.
1981 air cooled Westfalia.
Cheap-o web site:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/tubanick/welcomewesty.html

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