If you are ever unlucky enough to have a broken window, be particular to observe that the repair person gets all the broken glass out of the bottom of the door. Mine came to me that way; passenger front window had been replaced. The first time I was in the door to diagnose the slow window I observed a bunch of fragments and vacuumed it out thoroughly. Or so I thought.
Back in today to apply some Dynamat, and what do I find? More glass in the bottom of the door. So now I’m going at it with a vengeance. Vacuum, air compressor nozzle, brushes, thin screwdriver...
I’ve pulled the bottom weatherstrip off as well as the little body plugs hidden under it and blown air into all the holes and crevices. At this point I’m an hour+ into it and the glass fragments just keep coming, although every cycle of agitation then vacuum gets a little less. What a PITA! The little narrow wedge down near the bottom is the perfect design to trap and hold all those granular bits of safety glass.
You could drive around forever with it in there, because it won’t rattle, it’s wedged in. But in my mind trapped glass will lead to trapped dirt, then water. And it’s grinding through the paint. >>> Rust.
Back in today to apply some Dynamat, and what do I find? More glass in the bottom of the door. So now I’m going at it with a vengeance. Vacuum, air compressor nozzle, brushes, thin screwdriver...
I’ve pulled the bottom weatherstrip off as well as the little body plugs hidden under it and blown air into all the holes and crevices. At this point I’m an hour+ into it and the glass fragments just keep coming, although every cycle of agitation then vacuum gets a little less. What a PITA! The little narrow wedge down near the bottom is the perfect design to trap and hold all those granular bits of safety glass.
You could drive around forever with it in there, because it won’t rattle, it’s wedged in. But in my mind trapped glass will lead to trapped dirt, then water. And it’s grinding through the paint. >>> Rust.
