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rbbailey
01-12-2016, 12:58 AM
Rain comes in along the upper door seal, drips down onto window rail, down upper door securing bolts, onto floor...

Seals are solid. If anything, it seems to be that I can't get the doors to adjust fully closed.

Any ideas?

SafeAirOne
01-12-2016, 05:41 AM
Ideas that have been tried by folks: Bend doortops inward (gently), make sure door channels are properly adjusted (soft top), use Defender door seals, make sure doortop-to-door bottom seal is correct and properly installed.

As a side note...You may want to pull the doortops and coat the full length of the mounting studs with anti-seize, then reinstall. Once those studs get a chance to rust into the tubes on the door bottoms, you're done for.

cedryck
01-12-2016, 11:54 AM
LOL, my defender soft top was like driving Niagra Falls. My entire left side would be soaking wet after a 37 mile commute in the rain.
I concur that Defender door seals fit better,

rbbailey
01-12-2016, 04:09 PM
OK, I'll try some of this today. Good idea about stopping bolts from rusting now.

seanman
01-14-2016, 09:19 PM
Would the Defender Door Seals work on a Hardtop Series 3 as well?

Jim-ME
01-15-2016, 03:54 AM
Yes