how nice and even the gap is and I noticed that the rubber was sticking out through the front of the door and the cab. Upon closer inspection I noticed that when you open the door the gap closes up in the middle because of the curvature of the body at this point. This causes the seal to drag and is beginning to pull it away from the door at this point. Because of the physics of the opening, that is the curvature, I don’t see any way around this. If I move the door back to open up the gap at the front its to much and it closes up the gap at the back to much.
The original molding was completely pulled away in the front on both doors when I picked up the truck so this area appears to have been a problem for many years.
Has any one else encountered this on their trucks??
when i bought my truck it's door seal was what you have.
i thought it was the PO. I'm restoring that same 51 now and am at this point. i read w/ interest.
is it a better idea to move the rubber strip more inward at that spot on the door??
you are talking about the door's leading edge just below the window about 6'' ??
or
better to shave a bit off the back (so it is not so thick ~ about 2-3'') of the rubber @ that point and glue ??
