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Getting after the passenger door today. First thing I did a few days ago was to clean , sand, and paint the inside of the door with POR15. Then I installed sound deadening strips to dampen the tinny noise. Did this in the rest of the cab along with insulation. Made a big difference. No insulation in the doors though. Then I installed the rubber bumper that the glass sits on when the window is in the down position.

Then I went to the rubber wiper strip on the top of outer panel. You need to bend the little tab back to slide it in easy. And the pinch it back out of the way.

Also your lock on the passenger door and door handle and latch are all installed prior to putting the door glass and related parts back in the door.

Next I replaced the foam on the door. I just learned today from reading a post from Phak1, that is there to keep the inside door panel from dragging on the latch linkage. Then went to the window channel Retainer at the back of the door. The little clip at the bottom of the Retainer strip holds the window channel inside the Retainer at the bottom, and don't forget the screw on the inside of the door at the top of the retainer. Next I temporarily reinstalled the vent window assembly and marked with a Sharpie where the end of the window channel will fall when installed. There is also two small screws in the upper part of the window frame to help hold the window channel in place. There location was marked on the door so they could be reinstalled.