Getting rid of rattling windows-a manual

[sven]

First U have to remove the door card.
After removing the door card, lower the window down and remove the seal (circled red). The seal is the problem.

1: heat up the seal end plastic whit a lighter (dont burn it), and press it together

This makes the seal ends grip the door once again, so it doesent move around
2: bend the seals lip in the direction of the arrow a couple of times and then clean it

3: get a hot glue gun and pour the glue between the plastic ant the lip

4: let it cool down, and again put on the door of the car
Now the window will stop to rattle.

Hope it helps

sven

 

[Gaz]

Im gonna give that a try on the weekend!

Cheers Sven

 

[Anonymous]

Check the seals around the window also, take off the sliding 1 and check if the other (the 1 that is also a door seal) is in the seats. Sometime it slides out.

sven

 

[Dan]

Definiteley trying thi at the weekend. Window rattle is soooooooo annoying.

Cheers for the info.

Dan

 

[Tom]

An easier way is to make sure all the little metal clips are clipped on.

 

[Anonymous]

@Tom - when U are saying metal clips, what do U mean

sven

 

[Anonymous]

There should be approx 6-8 metal clips that hold the seal (pictured above) on firmly...

Mine rattle a tiny bit, but i think thats because the clips are not evenly spaced.

But saying that, its a good write up and i will probably do the same

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the respond Daz, but Im sure I aint got them
The seal is complete plastic whit teeth, so I think they removed the metal and went for the plastic.

Cheers

sven

 

[Anonymous]

Sounds like they have...you can't really miss them as when you remove the seal they all slide off the end...

I will be doing mine on the weekend, so i will take a pic so you can see what i mean.

Daz

 

[Anonymous]

Im doing it to the other door today, so I will have a look. Maybe the former owner did something, or my mk2 here in EU has a different type.

sven

PS- go easy on the hot glue, to much will produce too much rubbing of the window on the seal, and it will start to whine.

 

[Anonymous]

Just got the other door card down, and I dont have metal clips. I have bumps (convex parts on the door tin) ant a teeth in the plastic seal.

sven

 

[Anonymous]

Any chance you can fix the broken image in the first post?

A picture tells a thousand words and i'm worried I missed a bit in the process.

 

[Anonymous]

The pic was just the end of the seal, and nothing more. It was the same like the 1 under it, just no ”calipers” (dont know the eng. word)
What do U think U missed?

sven

 

[Tom]

There should be metal clips in the large squarish section of the seal that hold the top of the door card in place.

 

[Anonymous]

@Tom - I must say: No i dont. The door card is also convex parts on it. The door card goes in the upper U grip, and the door tin goes in the lover U grip. Both have convex parts on them

sven

 

[Tom]

Odd..

You can see the metal clips in the window seal.

 

[Anonymous]

Yes I can, and I have seen them on my mates tipo, dads croma and on my old delta, but I don have them.
Maybe this will help.
This is schematic pic. of the convex parts that hold my door card and seal.
The upper 1 is on the door cards and slides in the upper U grip in the previous pic.
The lower 1 is on the door of the car and the seal slides on it whit the second U grip in the prev. pic

sven

 

[Tom]

What year is your car?

 

[Anonymous]

2000, JTD 105

sven

 

[Tom]

They must have changed it so the window rattle drowns out the nasty diesel engine sound