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Old 05-12-2008, 07:44 PM
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I'm just going to keep going with this thread even though it started with carpet and morphed to seats, headliner, etc. Now, time for door seals.

I replaced the driver and passenger door seals on the driver side (the ones on the doors themselves, not around the body door opening area). Both doors now take more effort to close. The rear door seems pretty decent to close--it's not like it takes a huge slam to shut it, and it closes with "authority". The driver door seal definitely has some fit issues and requires a pretty good effort to shut.

Checking other threads, there is some guidance from Andrew on trimming back a an area of the seal "lip" near the hinge area (at driver's door). However, before I do that, is there any chance these seals will "crush" a bit over time? These are Centerline-supplied seals and, relatively, speaking, the installation was not the big nightmare I thought it would be (I used a dull screwdriver to assist, versus a spatula or popsicle stick).

The seals make a huge difference, especially as the old driver door seal was crumbling to nothing. No complaints with the non-original seal profile, though a bit of trimming may be in order.
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