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when i got my car i'd a look at the sound system ...




and when it rains i've got water ont the plastic at the botom of the door :
(not my car)

at the bottom of the picture there's a grey plate... water is here when it rains ...
so i think water is from outside to inside sliding on the speaker... but how does it manage to get on ?

I hope you've got ideas ... because i don't want to fit my new front speakers before getting a solution

Most likely, water is getting inside from the rubber seals around the door, and the window seals as well. These are prone to failure on any vehicle if they aren't properly maintained. A simple wipe down with some armor all whenever you clean your interior(or at least once every 3 months) will do wonders for the life of these rubber parts.

I am not sure if you have it in france, but the product is called "Armor-All", they have a whole line of cleaners and protectants. I'd use something else though, sometimes the chemicals in Armor-All actually degrade the surface. I used to work at a detail shop a while ago, and a girl brought her car back after I had detailed it with armor-all because her dash was peeling!

I have that exact same problem, what I figured out was that the rubber seal that's supposed to press against the outside of the window doesn't. So water slides down into the door. There are little holes in the bottom of the door that hold clips that hold the rubber seal to the door. A few of these clips were missing in my car and the water got through the holes. Mine got so bad that the rear window rails pretty much rusted through and now the window rattles.

I still have no idea how to fix this though.

Mad Cow wrote:I have that exact same problem, what I figured out was that the rubber seal that's supposed to press against the outside of the window doesn't. So water slides down into the door. There are little holes in the bottom of the door that hold clips that hold the rubber seal to the door. A few of these clips were missing in my car and the water got through the holes. Mine got so bad that the rear window rails pretty much rusted through and now the window rattles.

I still have no idea how to fix this though.

find new rubber
too expensive !

New weather seals (rubber) from the factory costs an arm for a partial kit, and a leg + your first born for a full kit....or they'll settle for a couple hundred dollars.

muttpower wrote:New weather seals (rubber) from the factory costs an arm for a partial kit, and a leg + your first born for a full kit....or they'll settle for a couple hundred dollars.

i didn't know you had also this expression !
but getting it as used part won't make a better work ! is there anyway ?

93vtecklr wrote:I am not sure if you have it in france, but the product is called "Armor-All", they have a whole line of cleaners and protectants. I'd use something else though, sometimes the chemicals in Armor-All actually degrade the surface. I used to work at a detail shop a while ago, and a girl brought her car back after I had detailed it with armor-all because her dash was peeling!

unfortunatly we don't have it ! i'll look for an equivalent.

I don't use it anymore. Too much mess. I would recommend Meguiars, or Mother's. If you have leather in your car, definately Mother's. It is more expensive but in the end, it saves you time, and the result is so much better.

93vtecklr wrote:I don't use it anymore. Too much mess. I would recommend Meguiars, or Mother's. If you have leather in your car, definately Mother's. It is more expensive but in the end, it saves you time, and the result is so much better.

and you pout meguiars product on the rubber ?

They do have a vinyl/rubber compound

Can you actually take that rubber off? I've tried a bit on junkyard cars and couldn't find a way.

Mad Cow wrote:Can you actually take that rubber off? I've tried a bit on junkyard cars and couldn't find a way.

I think it's possible to take them off but will it be still possible to undo ?

I think you have to actually take the door off to get it completely off.

Dark_Rider2k3 wrote:I think you have to actually take the door off to get it completely off.

Why? There's no part that goes anywhere near the hinges. Maybe other people are talking about a different piece, but I'm talking about the pieces that press against the window at the bottom of the window opening.