Door sealing - GTD

Can people post or send me some pics of how/what has been done to help seal the door area in particular:

1 - What has been made up along the sill to go to the spider
2 - from the A pillar down to the sill
3 - How to seal the area where the door hinges are and the spider/door/dash

Thanks

Brett
 

Dave Bilyk

Dave Bilyk
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HI Brett, I dont have the answer, but I need to seal my DAX. Due to size of the gaps I was thinking of getting rubber sheet and making something up. A flexible strip between door and body comes to mind, and a shield hanging down from the area rear of the clip to deflect the water coming off the wheel.
DaveB
 
Here is how the DRBs seal the door. Maybe helpful to the GTDs. My tank cover has a lip built in that comes up to meet the door. I don't have any rubber seals on it mainly because I don't intend to drive in the rain, but one can be added easily.
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The edge is notched so that it will fit around each part of the body.
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The body itself has an edge that the seals fit onto. The tan on the edges is the leather ovwerlap from the interior. It builds up the edge for a tight seal.
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The door seal itself come from McMaster Carr. They have two types of seals. One is adjustable
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One is not.
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Here is how mine is mounted.
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These edges can be shaped so that they overlap. Add a little silicone calk to give a total seal. Hope this helps out.

Bill
 
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http://www.gt40s.com/forum/gt40-build-logs/16127-roaring-forties-105-a-14.html
Picture in post 270.
Its just a folded piece of alloy sheet the seal pushes down onto it.
The seal sits up against the inside of the door.
As the seal curves inward towards the front ,on the underside of the door is a curved angle panel that makes contact with the seal as the door closes.
Sealer is applied under the panel when fitted to stop water coming underneath it .
The other thing that helped was a rubber flap that lives in front of the door hinge area its only 2mm thick maybe, it stops a lot of water coming off the front tyre getting down in the hinge area.
post 253 in the link you can see the flap in front of the door.
It made a big difference as the water coming of the wheel overpowers the door seals.

Bill that wiring looks like a nightmare.

Jim
 
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Jim,
I know, I know. I had just finished doing all the repairs to the rear clip damage when the wiring for my power steering unit came in. Am in the middle of repainting everything. Had to remove the doors in order to get everything ready. Found poor painting technique by others on those panels. Paint chipping off. Had to disconnect the door switches that control the interior lighting, the speakers in the doors as well as the remote door openers and security wiring. As a result the dash had to be broken down in order to get to all the wiring for the supply voltage etc. It makes for a real mess til put back together. Fortunately I used Weatherpack connectors, so it looks worse than it really is.

Bill
 
Hi Brett
Not a GTD, but this is what I did on my RF.
Sill strip same as Jim's with a double angle to hide the edge of the fibreglass.
Under the A pillar, a plate that sandwiches between the dash mount and chassis and follows the contour of the inner door skin.
The front clip has a glassed in panel that not only helps with water been pumped into the hinge area, but it strengthens up the edges a lot.
You'll need to refit the doors to get a perfect seal edge.
cheers

Clayton
 

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Here are some shots of what I did.
I found that fitting a panel to the inside of the clip with sealing against the tub keeps most of the water spray from the wheels reaching the door seals gives the door seals a chance

Steve
 

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