Thread: How do I get my doors to shut perfectly?

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Originally Posted by rspears

Sounds interesting, but I think I'd like to see pictures of a successful install before I tried it. I could see the windshield adhesive maybe working for this, but oh what a mess if it didn't work!!

Thought about this more a bit later, and even with RTV it wouldn't work. You need to very slightly over fill that void, and your seal is then slightly compressed when the door closes. The RTV, especially with a plastic wrap layer, would at best fill the void, but would not be compressed. I think it would just be a mess. I used Shine's clay trick on mine and found that the gap varied widely around the door, which makes it all but impossible to use any kind of continuous weatherstrip where the doors were not designed for one in the first place which may not be the case with your '37.

I've found that with the closed cell foam that vaseline put on the rubber and then leave the door closed a day or two, causes it to take a set that won't pop out.

I had to do that with my friends '71 Chevelle and my 77 Chevelle to get the windows to seal.