66gtk Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 The wind noise driving my truck was terrible. I progressively replaced seals starting with the door seals. These were the most deteriorated so a good place to start. Drove it for about a week with no other changes and didn't notice a significant difference. I then proceeded to change the window seals. Mine were dry, but they came out in one piece so they weren't really that bad. I thought this would result in dramatic improvement. It improved things, but not dramatically. The final thing was to add the top of Door weatherstrip. There were no signs my 83 F150 ever had this but I added it anyway. I will say this made a dramatic improvement! If your truck doesn't have these pieces it's a great addition in combination with all new seals elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85lebaront2 Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 When I put the later doors and seals on Darth it made a huge difference, biggest noise now is the rubber strips that were put on the roof and are coming out of their retainers. Even my big tow mirrors aren't noisy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 That's good to know! Big Blue came with those seals, but if I remember correctly only the passenger's door has it now. I have a new seal set to put on as the old ones are toast, so will make sure to add the extra one on top of the door. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 That's good to know! Big Blue came with those seals, but if I remember correctly only the passenger's door has it now. I have a new seal set to put on as the old ones are toast, so will make sure to add the extra one on top of the door. Thanks! This is good to know as I do have wind noise and have yet to add the strips to my truck. I know at 1 time there were measurements where the strips went could they be posted here so in 1 place if someone comes across this in a search. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 This is good to know as I do have wind noise and have yet to add the strips to my truck. I know at 1 time there were measurements where the strips went could they be posted here so in 1 place if someone comes across this in a search. Dave ---- I think this what you need, Dave: http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Help-with-Top-Door-Seal-Weather-Stripping-tp12029p12047.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machspeed Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 My truck was also incredibly bothersome to ride in with the wind noise too. I replaced all those seals and it was much improved but for some reason still had wind noise coming from the passenger side. I'll address that again after I fix a host of other things.....lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Cecil Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 My truck was also incredibly bothersome to ride in with the wind noise too. I replaced all those seals and it was much improved but for some reason still had wind noise coming from the passenger side. I'll address that again after I fix a host of other things.....lol! I added the top of door seals, I took them from a parts 87 bronco. Improvement yes, but I think I need to work on my door alignment. Having glass packs on a 300 six, and Knobby Mud Terrains sort of doesn't help...okay it really sucks, but the truck makes my day everytime I drive it. I get thumbs up everwhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I think this what you need, Dave: http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Help-with-Top-Door-Seal-Weather-Stripping-tp12029p12047.html Thank you for that Gary! I need to look into better wind seals or a louder stereo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81f100custom Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Thank you for that Gary! I need to look into better wind seals or a louder stereo. Would this be the ones referred to? The link to them over in the other post does not go anywhere at least for me. If they will help with wind noise and sealing from water getting in around the top weather stripping I need to definitely give them a try. https://www.dennis-carpenter.com/en/trucks/weather-stripping/door-seals/e9tz-1520518-pr-top-of-door-seal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Would this be the ones referred to? The link to them over in the other post does not go anywhere at least for me. If they will help with wind noise and sealing from water getting in around the top weather stripping I need to definitely give them a try. https://www.dennis-carpenter.com/en/trucks/weather-stripping/door-seals/e9tz-1520518-pr-top-of-door-seal Gary, thanks for posting that. I may hold off on installing them till I have the AC working. Would be funny to install them for wind noise but have all the windows and vents open to get cool air in the cab Would this be the ones referred to? The link to them over in the other post does not go anywhere at least for me. If they will help with wind noise and sealing from water getting in around the top weather stripping I need to definitely give them a try. https://www.dennis-carpenter.com/en/trucks/weather-stripping/door-seals/e9tz-1520518-pr-top-of-door-seal I do believe that is them. Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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