Hi, I wonder what the consensus is on this relatively minor issue. I have a twin mirror Testarossa which is left hand drive. I had some wind noise and replaced the window rubber into which the window closes (in the door frame itself), as it was trapped and deformed. I thought this would solve the wind noise but whilst it helped, it still seems more noticeable than I recall. The upper corners (just before the B pillar) of the door rubber are split. I wonder whether this is common (it is the same on both sides) and whether anyone has a lack of wind noise even with a split there? Has anyone successfully repaired them? New rubbers are about $500 a side so it would be useful to know if this will actually solve the problem. I am not sure what else it could be. Many thanks!
I have reglued them in the mitered corner with a hobby glue meant to remain flexible and it looks better but do not recall any difference in sound. Not a permanent fix but lasts a while. The glue was 2 part and was given to me by a client. As I recall it was designed to glue rubber tires on R/C off road cars. As new cars we had we had wind noise complaints and it was from the mirrors. Do not recall ever driving a TR with no wind noise. It was never on Ferraris radar screen to eliminate. Very common for the window to catch the channel rubber midway up near the high mount mirror. Not closing the window at highway or higher speeds can help to avoid that.
Like Brian said, I found my wind noise coming from the vertical rubber on the mirror flag. I haven't permanently addressed it but shimming it eliminates the noise. I am shocked how quiet the car is with such little adjustment. I found the source of my noise on the freeway. I used a rag around the edges to muffle the noise. It takes almost zero pressure to seal the mirror leak. Is yours coming from just that one spot on the b pillar?
While inside the car check for any gaps along the upper edge of the window - light coming through. Adjust the part you replaced as necessary.
Many thanks for the input so far. A photo above, it is similar on both sides. I have ordered some glue for RC tyres. The sound seemed to come from that corner but in the light of the suggestions above I will try to check- I never thought of the mirror for example (I have twin low mirrors)
You should try a product called Sugru. It is a moldable silicon putty, that you could use to fill in the gap. I have used it to repair torn weather-stripping on several cars. Also works great to plug holes in a firewall, where the original plug or grommet is damaged. Another product that works great on weather-stripping is a product made by DAP called Rapidfuse gel. https://www.dap.com/products-projects/product-categories/adhesives/glues-epoxies/rapidfuse-gel-control/ www.sugru.com
Hello All, Thanks again for all the advice so far. By way of a brief update, the car is a low mirror car and it didn't look like the obvious cause. I tried the tyre adhesive, and it would probably work but I didn't persist as the window frames seem likely to be the cause. One can push them in quite a bit, and one inner window frame rubber was previously replaced - perhaps they moved when that was done, or when the window motors were changed. I could not see any light showing through when inside the car. So I'll need to research how to adjust the frame.
Not saying this is the cause or the solution, but you can move the inner window frame rubber around a bit - pull it more towards the window frame so there's more pressure when you close the door.
Put a 4 by 8 inch strip of paper between the window frame and the car. Close the door and try to pull the paper out. Move along door and if it is easy to pull out you can determine where the problem is or if you have a problem. Also does the door close tight to the car. that is easily adjustable.
This is a good thread...It'll give me something to do for a few afternoons this winter. Having said that, the wind noise on my '90 tr isn't horrible but it's there. Great idea with the paper. Cheers!
