Door/rubber trim rubbing
10-09-2020, 05:01 PM
#1
Door/rubber trim rubbing
What do you guys apply to the rubber door seal to keep the door and rubber seal from creaking/rubbing?
So I washed my car as always. Rinse, foam, rinse, 2 bucket wash etc. As always. Dried the car with a blower. It’s so nice to have a coated car when blowing dry. Anyways, opened the doors and used mf towel to get the soapy water that remained. Nothing vigorous or overly thorough. Got the rubber seals on the car and the whole periphery of the door itself. All good. No issues. Car was in garage for 1 week since I applied a coating to the glass. About 1 week later I get into car and the freaking rubber-grabbing noise from the door was immediate. This would happen when going over uneven surfaces and was not there when driving straight on flat surface. I can only assume that I removed some invisible rubber seal treatment and nos the door is grabbing the rubber seal and fighting with it. I’m not sure who is winning, but I am losing for sure. Prior to this I would have said the car was super quiet in terms of interior noises. Now, this noise can drive you nuts.
I need to make this go away or I might slowly get angrier and angrier. Based on my details, what do you guys think I need to do to silence this craziness. Thanks in advance for the help.
So I washed my car as always. Rinse, foam, rinse, 2 bucket wash etc. As always. Dried the car with a blower. It’s so nice to have a coated car when blowing dry. Anyways, opened the doors and used mf towel to get the soapy water that remained. Nothing vigorous or overly thorough. Got the rubber seals on the car and the whole periphery of the door itself. All good. No issues. Car was in garage for 1 week since I applied a coating to the glass. About 1 week later I get into car and the freaking rubber-grabbing noise from the door was immediate. This would happen when going over uneven surfaces and was not there when driving straight on flat surface. I can only assume that I removed some invisible rubber seal treatment and nos the door is grabbing the rubber seal and fighting with it. I’m not sure who is winning, but I am losing for sure. Prior to this I would have said the car was super quiet in terms of interior noises. Now, this noise can drive you nuts.
I need to make this go away or I might slowly get angrier and angrier. Based on my details, what do you guys think I need to do to silence this craziness. Thanks in advance for the help.
10-09-2020, 06:28 PM
#2
AudiWorld Member
worth a try. I had a bmw 530 with a door creak. turned out to be the glass grabbing the seals. try cracking the window a bit and see if that solves it. if so, a little wax on the edge of the glass helps...
10-10-2020, 02:43 AM
#4
AudiWorld Senior Member
What do you guys apply to the rubber door seal to keep the door and rubber seal from creaking/rubbing?
So I washed my car as always. Rinse, foam, rinse, 2 bucket wash etc. As always. Dried the car with a blower. It’s so nice to have a coated car when blowing dry. Anyways, opened the doors and used mf towel to get the soapy water that remained. Nothing vigorous or overly thorough. Got the rubber seals on the car and the whole periphery of the door itself. All good. No issues. Car was in garage for 1 week since I applied a coating to the glass. About 1 week later I get into car and the freaking rubber-grabbing noise from the door was immediate. This would happen when going over uneven surfaces and was not there when driving straight on flat surface. I can only assume that I removed some invisible rubber seal treatment and nos the door is grabbing the rubber seal and fighting with it. I’m not sure who is winning, but I am losing for sure. Prior to this I would have said the car was super quiet in terms of interior noises. Now, this noise can drive you nuts.
I need to make this go away or I might slowly get angrier and angrier. Based on my details, what do you guys think I need to do to silence this craziness. Thanks in advance for the help.
So I washed my car as always. Rinse, foam, rinse, 2 bucket wash etc. As always. Dried the car with a blower. It’s so nice to have a coated car when blowing dry. Anyways, opened the doors and used mf towel to get the soapy water that remained. Nothing vigorous or overly thorough. Got the rubber seals on the car and the whole periphery of the door itself. All good. No issues. Car was in garage for 1 week since I applied a coating to the glass. About 1 week later I get into car and the freaking rubber-grabbing noise from the door was immediate. This would happen when going over uneven surfaces and was not there when driving straight on flat surface. I can only assume that I removed some invisible rubber seal treatment and nos the door is grabbing the rubber seal and fighting with it. I’m not sure who is winning, but I am losing for sure. Prior to this I would have said the car was super quiet in terms of interior noises. Now, this noise can drive you nuts.
I need to make this go away or I might slowly get angrier and angrier. Based on my details, what do you guys think I need to do to silence this craziness. Thanks in advance for the help.
10-10-2020, 11:28 AM
#5
AudiWorld Member
The Honda Shin Etsu paste that aviator uses has a generally very good reputation on a lot of enthusiast web sites.
I have a bottle of 3M lubricant that has taken care of squeaks and finger pinch retractions of windows when used sparingly too:
I have a bottle of 3M lubricant that has taken care of squeaks and finger pinch retractions of windows when used sparingly too:
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