Sliding door extra seal?

[jamob]

Hi All

I resently traveled in the rear of my SWB twinslider and noticed that a lot of road noise came from around the sliding doors. I have sound insulated a lot of areas already. I also fitted the extra seals to the front doors, so I was thinking is there something similar for the sliding doors??

 

[jamob]

Anyone?

 

[T6Bob32]

VW T5 T5.1 T6 T6.1 California Extra Door Rubber, Sounds like a golf seal - T5 / T6 Rubber Products - Transporter HQ

525cm long, cut to fit your sliding doors?

 

[SlothBurger]

Did you ever do your sliding doors with extra seals?

I've just done front doors too & had noticed the sliding doors on my kombi I can hear a lot of road noise & spray noise in rain. The factory rubbers are in place & not perished but not doing the job for a bit of extra quietness.

I have bought the rubber seals for sliding doors as I installed on the front doors but where to position them on sliding doors for extra sealing & less road noise?

 

[BigJim]

Same issue here,not bought the extra seals yet but I’d be interested to hear if they quieten things down.

 

[Marc R]

I have put a good layer of silent coat in the inside of the door... works like a charm.

 

[BigJim]

Mine are soundproofed and insulated-still too much wind noise

 

[SlothBurger]

Mine too has the sound proofing in the panel. No insulation yet but I can hear the wind & rain spray mostly in the passenger side door when driving. I haven't sat in the back but kid is always saying "I can't hear you" over the wind noise in the back. Sounds like a gap in the sliding door closing to me from drivers seat. Right side seems similar

 

[BigJim]

Yes same here.Hopeful an extra seal would help.Door adjustment will be a LAST resort

 

[SlothBurger]

I added the extra sliding door seals to the rear upright shut line on the sliding doors. It seems like a logical location where there's currently no seal except for the inner seal. I did note quite a lot of dirt and grim on the bottom of the door there before cleaning it and sticking the seal on. Note also this is one of the 10 mm seals not the larger 16 mm seals that go on the front. The 10 mm fits into the existing shutline on the van body when the door shuts. Will see how it goes but probably won't make much difference. If it gets rid of the spray noise from rain I'll be considering it a result.

https://imgur.com/a/oJ0aPsr

 

[Marc R]

I added the extra sliding door seals to the rear upright shut line on the sliding doors. It seems like a logical location where there's currently no seal except for the inner seal. I did note quite a lot of dirt and grim on the bottom of the door there before cleaning it and sticking the seal on. Note also this is one of the 10 mm seals not the larger 16 mm seals that go on the front. The 10 mm fits into the existing shutline on the van body when the door shuts. Will see how it goes but probably won't make much difference. If it gets rid of the spray noise from rain I'll be considering it a result.

https://imgur.com/a/oJ0aPsr

Where did you order these if i may ask?

 

[SlothBurger]

Where did you order these if i may ask?

I got these 10mm diameter rubbers from here -> https://amzn.eu/d/dxNW38V It might be worth trying the 16mm diameter for extra sealing but the 10mm seems to fit in the crevice shut line in this particular sliding door location slightly better than the 16mm & noise is reduced.

 

[Marc R]

Thank you