Shrunken Weatherstrip

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abe_lincoln78

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For some time I have had a complaint about the ammount of wind noise present in my 1993 Towncar. The car is largely unmolested, so there was no reason for any weatherstripping or other sealing devices to be damaged or missing, so I figured it was just leaky window seals and went on with it. That was, of course, until yesterday.

I decided to look one more time because there was so much noise it was like the door wasn't closed all the way. So, I got out of the car and the first thing I inspected was the weatherstrip around the top of the front door. Aparantly it has shrunk. . . to the point that at the top rear corner of the door there is a large air gap between the weatherstrip and the body. I figure I'm lucky I haven't taken any baths or had any mold inside the car because it really is a large hole for air, water, and anything else to pass through.

Do you guys know if anyone makes replacement watherstripping for my car or if I have any other options for repairing this annoying and potentially value killing defect?

Thanks
 
yeah, thats what I figured. I'll see if the 95-97 weatherstrip is the same (since it has an integrated interior trim feature) as the 90-94 and then check to make sure the one I'm removing from the 'yard hasn't already shrunken itself.

Its still a bunch of bs that it would shrink so much as to produce a visible gap between the weatherstrip and the car in its 16 years. I'd write a letter if I thought it would get me new weatherstrip, lol.
 
Pack the weatherstripping... this can be done by inserting a solid piece of flexible round platic into the weatherstripping itself.
 
Are you talking about adjusting the weatherstrip until it fits into the corner and filling the hole which will now be at the bottom with this?

I may have misrepresented the type of shrinkage I'm talking about. This weatherstrip has shrunken along its length. The body of the car has a weld seam that the weatherstrip actually fits around. This interface acts as both a seal and the method of attaching the weatherstrip to the body (as opposed to plastic push pins like you would see holding it to the body on many other cars).

Because of the shrinkage, the channel in the weatherstrip has pulled off and away from the weld seam leaving an air gap to the inside. If you are sitting in the car with the door closed and you look at the trim between the headliner and the door (which is integrated into the weatherstrip) you can see a gap between the headliner and the trim at the top back corner.

I should take a picture and and post it to show you guys because this is definitely a case of WTF.
 
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