47-55.1 Installing door weather strip on '51 Chevrolet

[Zippi]

Only took about a month but my door seals came in later yesterday. This morning I cleaned the DS door and applied the larger "D" shaped seal on the door. I was hoping to shut the door and find no resistance as the smaller seal for the cab has not been applied yet. What I found was the door is very tight and will close if I slam it hard. I had to remove the little rubber door stop off the striker plate. Well.....at least the door did shut this time vs the SoftSeal door seals. I'm not sure why my doors are so tight. It has me baffled.

[Zippi]

Should the bottom seal on the door be applied to the very bottom ledge or to the wall facing the cab? I have mine on the wall facing the cab.

[Zippi]

I tried the bottom seal in both areas and ended up leaving it on the bottom ledge. I adjusted the striker plate and got the door closing pretty good now. The door is sticking out a little but it was a good trade off for having the seals in place.

[LOW A D]

Originally Posted by Zippi

Should the bottom seal on the door be applied to the very bottom ledge or to the wall facing the cab? I have mine on the wall facing the cab.

I put mine on the wall facing the cab, that seemed to work best for me

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

I put mine on the wall facing the cab, that seemed to work best for me

Yeah....my gaps are pretty tight. I put the bigger seal on the door on the passengers side and it was about the same closing the door without the seal. No adjustment to the striker plate was needed. On the drivers side I had to remove the small rubber door stop on the striker plate and adjust the striker plate out (away from the cab) to get the door to close better. No way will the smaller seals work. I don't think either door would shut.

[Zippi]

Well....at 60+ mph the drivers side door is pretty quite with no wind noise. On the passengers side my wife said there was just a little wind noise and a little air coming in near the bottom rear corner of the door but she said it is so much better than before the seals were put on. I'll have to check into that but I really like how these door seals helped with the wind noise. We are all good in the hood ☺

[LOW A D]

Glad it made the wind noise better! Have fun driving your truck. Im still a month or more away from my first ride!

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

Glad it made the wind noise better! Have fun driving your truck. Im still a month or more away from my first ride!

Thanks man. Can't wait to see your finished product.

[LOW A D]

Originally Posted by Zippi

Only took about a month but my door seals came in later yesterday. This morning I cleaned the DS door and applied the larger "D" shaped seal on the door. I was hoping to shut the door and find no resistance as the smaller seal for the cab has not been applied yet. What I found was the door is very tight and will close if I slam it hard. I had to remove the little rubber door stop off the striker plate. Well.....at least the door did shut this time vs the SoftSeal door seals. I'm not sure why my doors are so tight. It has me baffled.

Glad you finally got your weatherstrip! Does your door close nicely without any weatherstrip? You must have very tight cab to door gaps! Have you tried just putting the smaller weatherstrip on?