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Wind noise Door seals driving me nuts!

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Old Mar 8, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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Wind noise Door seals driving me nuts!

Truck in my sig- I get really annoying wind noise when I hit 40 mph or greater from both doors.
I can press on the weather stripping directly above the a-pillar trim piece- push in towards the cab, and the noise is greatly reduced.
I've tried using the dollar bill trick, but the seal was tight in all areas.
I've also tried about 30 different configurations adding some foam weatherstripping but haven't had any luck.
I'm thinking my next step will be to tape over where the door meets the cab to try and see just where the wind is getting in.
Just wondering if anyone else has this issue, and if they have found any solutions.
 
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Old Mar 10, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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wind noise

I noticed it in our 97 F150, I think it might be coming in from the shoulder belt retractor area ? Does anybody know ?
 
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:37 PM
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may need to get the door adjusted, mine had a bad leak when i got it back from the body shop after i bent the door...took them 5min and it was back to normal, look at the outside of the truck the door should be perfectly flush against the body
 
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 05:54 PM
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Yeah, if it only took 5 minutes that means they just bent the top door frame inwards to make the seal tighter- or they adjusted the striker plate position.
I've found that sometimes my manual windows slightly loosen and produce an air leak. Its hard to trace an omni-directional sound like wind noise.
 
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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My 99 did it, and my 97 does it. If I grap the window seal at the front/top 'corner' of the window and pull it in towards the cab, the noise goes away for me too.

Short of putting a new seal in, Im not sure what to do. I was thinking of just trying to bend that part of the door in
 
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