CQ: Door Seals Leaking

[schulz@tif623.ed.ray.com (Peter Schulz)]

On  Tue, 9 Apr 1996 01:38:04 -0400
Dorab (nivi@aol.com) said:

>My Coupe's door seals near the top hinge of both the driver's and passenger's
>side doors seem to be leaking during highway driving while it's raining
>pretty hard. I must admit that I haven't moisturized the seals during the
>last year, so maybe it's due to their contracting in wet and cold weather...
>
>The region where they are leaking has a 1.5mm rubber lip, that extends
>vertically facing the front of the car, right underneath the mirrors, but it
>located on the body weatherstripping - maybe it's not doing it's job??

I have been noticing the same on my Coupe Quattro...

potential solution:

I noticed that both front doors have "settled" (the rear of the doors no longer
properly align with the rest of the body.  I need to adjust the
hinges and door strikers.  This should "raise" the door and diminish, if
not completely solve the wind noise and/or leak...


Peter Schulz
1990 Coupe Quattro
schulz@ed.ray.com