I just installed a new door metro softseal door seal on my 90 camaro driver's side door. Now the door won't even com close to closing. I have adjusted the striker bolt as much as possible but there is still almost 1/2" till the door closes and is flush with the rear quarter panel. Has anyone else run into this? What should I do now?? Any help would be appreciated, I'm going to hold off on installing the passenger side.

 

was the door sagging prior to installing the seals? any scrape marks on the gfx? the seals will be a bit bigger than the originals only in that the old ones have dried and worn out. the new seals will need some time to conform to the contours of the doors, but you should be able to close the door with a little bit of force (a little, not a lot).

 

If your gap is 1/2", something may be installed wrong and binding. I've done a few sets of those door seals without ANY issues.

Look at the top of the seal where it meets the door panel plastic. Compare it to the known good one on the other side. Look for something obvious/keeping it from closing. The rest of the seal shouldn't even be near 1/2" thick compressed.

 

They'll compress after a couple days. When I put them on my car, I could barely get the door to latch at first. Left it sit like that for a day. The next day I could close the door completely, although it took a fair amount of force to do. A week later they worked perfectly.

 

Ok I've double checked the installation all looks right. I adjusted the door from where it scrapes on the bottom all the way up as far as it goes trying to close the door at each step. I've also enlarged the hole for the striker bolt and adjusted as far as I could towards the inside of the door as much as possible. I'm at 1/4" from the door being flush with the quarter panel. If I remove the striker bolt and push as hard as I can on the door I can get it flush. Not sure what to do next, hopefully the seal will flatten over the next few days.

 

So how did this turn out for you?
Were you able to get your door flush with the new seal?
I'm having the exact same issue here, so thanks for nudging me to a solution.

 

Ok, so I put my new seal in today and slammed the door and it shut nicely.
I'll leave it like that for a while

 

just like g reg said they will compress. mine have been in for about three weeks and and they shut just fine, it takes time.

 

i just did my doors with the metro seals, needs a little more elbow grease to close the doors, but the do close and seal very nice

 

Just to follow up on this...
yup, taktes a couple of days until they close nicely again, but then they do.
though i do recommend using some adhesive with them.

 

I used SoffSeal weatherstripping on my doors and I had to slam them to get them shut. Even after six months they were still like that. I replaced them with the Metro brand ones and after a few days it was much better.

I won't ever buy SoffSeal again.

 

Do they make a kit like that for t roofs as well cause that's sounds good I get a lot of wind noise when drivin and passenger troof leaks anyone kno of anythin would b a great help

 

I believe they do, though they are more expensive.
Go and take a look at the rockauto.com catalog... you should be able to find them there if they do exist.

 

IAAuto or GM Parts Direct.

 

we do have the metro seals for the t-tops

fbody t-top seals

 

I wanted to say here I just installed a set of door weatherstrip from 1Aauto and was pleased with the quality. I wish they had the plastic inserts like the factory weatherstrip, but other than that, they were perfect. The plastic plugs were all spaced perfectly, and were the right size to go in. Not too tight, not too loose

 

Going on five plus years for the door weatherstripping from 1AAuto on my 85. Still looks new.

 

glad to hear you guy's have had good results; i've used metro on my cars before i was at 1a and will do so again when it comes time to replace the worn out stuff on my TA

 

has anyone ever used fairchild brand door seals?