Wind noise

[Ltriumph]

I have a reasonable level of wind noise appearing to come from around the doors on my 2000TC. To rectify the situation I suppose the first stage would be to replace the rubbers, the problem I have is they look ok. I saw on a website where there are adhesive additional rubbers I'm not sure if that's a solution. Also I'd like to limit the internal noise. The mats are original in good order so would like to keep them. Is there anything I could put under the mats to reduce the sound? Any ideas on sound deadening would be appreciated.

[Alec]

Hello Ltriumph,

check how the door window frames seat on the rubbers, I have had to adjust these frames in the past to ensure they sit snugly against the rubbers.

Alec

[johnnydog]

The original door rubbers were quite a firm rubber, and were 90 degree shaped at the top corner. Aftermarket rubbers seem to be a softer more pliable rubber, and the top corner has to be cut and glued together. I've seen rubbers basically turned round the corner in one piece (!!) which looked terrible and wouldn't form a decent seal in that corner anyway. As some aftermarket rubbers are softer, the rubber tends to drag on the stainless 'B' pillar trim, especially if the door has dropped slightly due to hinge / pin wear, and the rubber tends to then fold over on itself and the rubber lip protrudes outside the door window frame!
There was always a certain amount of wind noise as the doors never really fitted all that well - Triumphs methods of door adjustment during production were pretty crude (bending the upper frame by hand to fit, raising the door at the bottom to twist the hinge mounting on the door carcass to get the position right the door in the aperture, and crude shims behind the hinges).
So apart from checking the 'fit' of the door in the aperture, any wear on the hinges, and the in and out adjustment on the actual door casing hinges, and the 'horizontal' positioning of the door by adding removing shims or any bending of the frame (if you feel brave!), if the rubbers are OK, there's not much else you can do. A different set of rubbers of good quality may help but....
If you aren't one for originality, I've often wondered if the flurflex could be replaced by a rubber lip seal of the correct profile to reduce wind noise? There would be a bit of trial and error, but there is anyway with any modification away from standard?