Door Seals

[Darren Motamedy]

My 1980 FI California model is in pretty decent shape.....except when I close the doors.....the mechanisms are all correctly set, but instead of a new car clunk when the doors close it's pretty hard sounding.....hence, I close my doors softly.....any suggestions on where or how to get new seals for the doors and is it difficult to replace those seals?
thanks,
dmo

dmo

[Beans]

Without seals fitted there should be a gap between body and door. So no contact there.
Sounds more like incorrectly aligned door locks/latches and/or safety latches

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[FI Spyder]

Are the door stop buffers there?



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[Darren Motamedy]

Door Stop Bumpers are there.......all parts are there......when I first purchased it, the safety latch was missing, which was quite a challenge to replace....


dmo

[FI Spyder]

You can get door seals from Macgregor's

http://www.macgregorukcarparts.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=TR7-8-door

I got a used one from Robsport as the drivers side had chunks missing. It was easy to change. Like Beans I don't see it being a cause.

Did they ever have a "new car clunk"?[:p]



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[whitenviro]

Mine certainly has a distinctive clunk; or more like a very solid boom when you shut the door. But its a good sound. I'm always amazed at how solid it sounds for such a small car.


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