Thread: Sealing Doors from Wind Noise

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

If top edge still catching wind, put a plastic shim between the top hinge and door. This should add a bit more clamp to the top front. Too many shims and you may fix the top but create a gap on bottom seal.

Just curious. How does that help?

Shims under the hinges (door side, not bulkhead) will push the front of the door further into the seals when closed . Its common for the top leading edge of the front door to not get pushed into the seal enough to stay put when getting pulled at by 100kph+ wind. Shims on top hinge tilt and push the leading edge further into the seal.

Is there a good method for bending the window frame in? I.e. wind the window down, put your knee against the inside of the door and gently pull the top of the frame?

Or is there a better way of doing it?

Cheers
Tom

Originally Posted by Beery

Is there a good method for bending the window frame in? I.e. wind the window down, put your knee against the inside of the door and gently pull the top of the frame? Cheers Tom

I buckled a front door when i put the truck on its side. The buckle was a good 7mm gap at the top of the frame. i tried putting a knee into the door centre and pulling the top frame back into shape. I tried a variety of pressure points. It just caused the corresponding part at the bottom push out of shape. I gave up and soon it was just another unique characteristic of defender ownership. Interesting for the passenger when the gutters overflowed and water run unimpeded into the cabin.

MLD

Cheers for all of the input guys. i've got a couple of options to give a go first and then worst case might be noise cancelling headphones for everyone with a microphone link so we can hear each other talk!