Rust under door seal in footwell

[Nand45]

Hi - just found some rust under a small section of the door seal in passenger footwell - any ideas how easy it is to repair and fix?

 

[Pete C]

I believe that is the metal inside the seal itself. You will need to buy a new seal I think.
This has been raised before on the forum.

Pete

 

[Nand45]

Cheers Pete - much appreciated - I wasn't sure if was the same thing.

 

[Dellmassive]

What he said.

Pull the door seal off. The bodywork should be good underneath.

That will be the steel in the seal rusting.

 

[Nand45]

Great - thanks

 

[La Dodgy Vita]

I have exactly the same problem.
Can ayone suggest the best place to buy new seals? Are they easy to replace?
Cheers
Darryl

 

[WillWillWill]

They are very easy to replace:
- Make a note of where the two ends meet on the old one, then just grab hold of an end and start to pull it off. Some bits are tucked behind trim but unless you are extremely violent, nothing should hurt.
- Starting from the same place as the old join, push/tap the new seal into place, and then start working around the door frame tapping it on as you go. I start with the bottom.
- Once you are about half way around, start with the other end, butting it up to your first piece, and then work backwards. This just means if the seal is slightly long or short you can lose it in the corners rather than faffing about trying to get the ends to match nicely when you finish.

Only place I could get one from was my local VW dealer. It wasn't cheap, but then what is... It made me chuckle when I turned up to collect it expecting a small roll of trim rubber, and it was handed to me attached to a piece of card the size of a van door. I think it is to stop it getting misshapen and twisted.

I had a really bad driver's side one, so got a new one there, and then the passenger side wasn't as bad, but still not great. Instead of buying a second new one I cut a decent section out of the old driver's side (they only rust at the bottom) and then used that to replace the bad bit on the passenger side. So yes I have two joins in the one on the passenger side instead of one, but you would have to be pretty sharp eyed to spot that, and it saved throwing another entire one away.

Just avoid having any join along the bottom edge and make sure they are some way up the sides.

 

[La Dodgy Vita]

They are very easy to replace:
- Make a note of where the two ends meet on the old one, then just grab hold of an end and start to pull it off. Some bits are tucked behind trim but unless you are extremely violent, nothing should hurt.
- Starting from the same place as the old join, push/tap the new seal into place, and then start working around the door frame tapping it on as you go. I start with the bottom.
- Once you are about half way around, start with the other end, butting it up to your first piece, and then work backwards. This just means if the seal is slightly long or short you can lose it in the corners rather than faffing about trying to get the ends to match nicely when you finish.

Only place I could get one from was my local VW dealer. It wasn't cheap, but then what is... It made me chuckle when I turned up to collect it expecting a small roll of trim rubber, and it was handed to me attached to a piece of card the size of a van door. I think it is to stop it getting misshapen and twisted.

I had a really bad driver's side one, so got a new one there, and then the passenger side wasn't as bad, but still not great. Instead of buying a second new one I cut a decent section out of the old driver's side (they only rust at the bottom) and then used that to replace the bad bit on the passenger side. So yes I have two joins in the one on the passenger side instead of one, but you would have to be pretty sharp eyed to spot that, and it saved throwing another entire one away.

Just avoid having any join along the bottom edge and make sure they are some way up the sides.

Brilliant!
Thank you