Newbie ... bought 2015 DB9 ... wind sound
Are you sure all the seals/parts that are suppose to be in the mirror are installed? Possible that something got left off your car at the factory or the mirrors were incorrectly installed.
Last edited by Zepe; Feb 29, 2020 at 06:49 PM.
Outside:
1. Exterior mirror unit
2. Rubber seal
Inside (door):
1. Plastic cover
Exterior mirror unit is held by 2 screws on the inside of the door. Lots of butyl gum is used to cover the edges from leaks. Since the new seals made it worse, I put some more butyl tape around the edges. A plastic piece covers it on the inside with 3 screws.
After reading your question, I am wondering if there should be any foam or sound deadening pads in place of butyl gum.
Good question. These are the parts that are there right now ...
Outside:
1. Exterior mirror unit
2. Rubber seal
Inside (door):
1. Plastic cover
Exterior mirror unit is held by 2 screws on the inside of the door. Lots of butyl gum is used to cover the edges from leaks. Since the new seals made it worse, I put some more butyl tape around the edges. A plastic piece covers it on the inside with 3 screws.
After reading your question, I am wondering if there should be any foam or sound deadening pads in place of butyl gum.
Outside:
1. Exterior mirror unit
2. Rubber seal
Inside (door):
1. Plastic cover
Exterior mirror unit is held by 2 screws on the inside of the door. Lots of butyl gum is used to cover the edges from leaks. Since the new seals made it worse, I put some more butyl tape around the edges. A plastic piece covers it on the inside with 3 screws.
After reading your question, I am wondering if there should be any foam or sound deadening pads in place of butyl gum.
Did you ever get this figured out? I am having a similar issue with a 2012 Rapide. Wind noise seems to be coming in from the triangular section of glass closest to the driver door mirror.
If you're hearing wind noise from the glass you could replace the rubber seal around the window frame, or apply some carmex to soften it up and get it to seal properly again. That handy little trick served me well a couple decades ago; I owned a '98 Pontiac Trans Am with t-tops, which is notorious for rubber seals on the t-bar that harden and allow water and wind noise in. A little carmex fixed it right up.
I use it periodically on my window, hatch, and hood seals on the Vantage.
I use it periodically on my window, hatch, and hood seals on the Vantage.
I regularly use Sonax or 303 or Gummi Pflege on all rubber seals. Replaced external mirror seals. Noise issue was fixed by dealer tech sometime back. Over time, glass seemed to have slipped a little bit and not going completely under the frame. This got nothing to do with doors rubber seals. Will post back after appointment.
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