Noise damping and door seals

[orsome]

Hi !

I just noticed that there is a (new?) section concerning this matter.
I've done this allready to my 77'

How it was made

1) Door sealings, i bougth new seals from franzöze first for 4 doors and the for the tail-door.Sealings are hollow but not off porous material as seen in the clementine's presentation(Angels supply?).
I got a tip from my brother how to glue the whole 3,5 metres seal in one time as well as the door counterpart with contact-glue.After drying one day i did refresh door counterparts with thinner and then just push the seals in.If uou do the normal way (5 minits waiting time)you''l just have the 3,5metres seal mix up in a mess.This method has been used by a tractor company with door seal assy.
The new door seals were so tigth that i had to adjust the door locks to outmost edges to get the door lines to match with car.
Rear part was much easier.

2) Floor noise damping: original material was that bitumenious hairy ligth stuff which sucks water even from the nearest lakes and rusts the floor panels
I had a search of all materials available, even the dynamat was on the list but thougth it was too thick? i've put in 4mm's bitumen mats on the floor+sealed every corner with black owerpaintable PU- sealant for cars.With a heat gun it was quite easy bbut in low temps the bitumen is very crackable.Otherwise i think the old car can have its noisy roofs etc-just to feel the old times again and no music or radios in!

 

[iMacThere4iAm]

I'm not sure if I understood your brother's method with the glue. do you mean that you paint glue on the door and seal, let it dry overnight then soften it with thinner before you stick the seal in place?

 

[orsome]

I'm not sure if I understood your brother's method with the glue. do you mean that you paint glue on the door and seal, let it dry overnight then soften it with thinner before you stick the seal in place?

**that's correct, but soften only one side

 

[angel]

Thanks for the tip, it's always a fiddly job to fit rubber seals, will try it at first chance!

On the fifth photo, we southern guys can see the tunnel to direct warm air to the rear passengers, unique to the "grand froid" spec R4s.

 

[Azazello]

That's true, my r4 has not it... but has however a hole under the handbrake lever, I used it for stereo cables...