Rough/brittle door seal damaging paint

[andycowuk]

Hey All,

I keep forgetting to take a picture while its daylight, will try to remember tomorrow!

I noticed the other day that on the drivers door, just below the bottom of the window there is a change in texture to the seal on the door where it meets the b-pillar - the rubber is actually rough and has started to mark the paint. The passenger side is totally fine.

I am going to give it a proper clean, but just wondered if anyone else had noticed that - or even checked.

Any observations from your car may be useful.

Pics to follow

Thanks

Andrew

[RW1]

Already seen the potential for it to happen last December, both sides of the car.

Fitted two narrow strips and a disc of 3M anti-squeak tape to protect the paint work.
Anti-squeak tape available as VW part AKL 448 030 05 for 5m reel at £26.13 + VAT.
Commercially its 3M anti-squeak tape type 5430, price is similar to VW unfortunately.

1) Top of the Door as you've noted. (1st photo with red arrows)

Anti-Squeak - 01.jpg

2) Bottom rear corner to stop the door seal rubbing. A short section of tape running vertical to horizontal round the corner. (Green arrows in 2nd photo)

3) A disc spot to counter the door hard rubber stop rubbing in the rear bottom corner. (Yellow arrow in 2nd photo)

Anti-Squeak - 02.jpg

Also applied Krytox rubber lubricant to the door seal areas to make them more supple, VW part number: G 052 172 A1, 30ml bottle for £32. On Ebay usually for about £20 depending on the auction result - search " EOS Lub* "
Or search Ebay using "krytox" - bargain there at the moment for £2.99 & postage free for a Rover MG version - 10ml bottle (from Howards, Citroen - Taunton).

Doing this quietened a lot of the interior noise while driving along.

C.

[andycowuk]

I can confirm then that you have acted correctly!

The scratching you can see as a bit of a dark area (circled):

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The roughness of the seal you can see here.

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What do we think that VW will say/do?

A

[RW1]

Dealer will most likely polish it out/clean and apply a strip of clear 3M tape as I have done (mine were custom cut to shape). Cannot see them replacing the door seal.

C.