Have a horrible draft coming from the passenger rear window...quite loud at highway speeds. I finally investigated it today and for some bizarre reason the felt that surrounds the window in the frame is missing several inches...I suspect this is my culprit.

I checked a couple of sites and I haven't turned anything up...anyone know what I should do about this? Is there a source for original equipment or replacement felts or am I left trying to rig something up to stop the draft.

 

On my 99 the strip slid down the rear track about 2". I pulled it up, swabbed the rubber and inside of the track with alcohol and then glued the strip with RTV. Holding fast a year later.

Jeff

99 D2

 

interesting thought...I'll take a look at that...that'd be a nice, easy, cheap fix and I wouldn't have to wait for or locate parts.

But just in case...does anyone have a source for the window felts?

 

GREAT TIP JEFF! That worked like a charm! I was able to reach in and pull the felt up the track. I need to get some weatherstrip adhesive to really tack it in, but otherwise that's awesome.

 

Jeff, or anyone who's had this same problem: How did you "grab" the trim to slide it back up? I have the same problem on my right rear door, AND to a lesser degree on my left rear door.
Thanks in advance.
Mark

 

When this happened to me I found a bunch of it at a local pull and pay from a D1 and D2, grabbed several feet of it from a couple windows for the future.
Was about 4 bucks. Took some elbow grease to install but was well worth it.

 

I used the window to slide mine back up. Going up with the window, grabbing onto the little I left showing, going down, letting go, going back up, etc. I glued it back in place with some kind of black window adhesive I got at Auto Zone. I think that was about 2.5 years ago and it's still holding.

 

TIP: the side window glass often breaks or drags the felt so periodically wind down the windows and spray the felt with silicon spray preferably through the straw they provide.

 

Stick a screwdriver in the felt trim, push in and up and it will slide back to the original position.