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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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Door Gasket Mod

I've looked but can't find the information on the door gasket mod. can someone help me with link and where to purchase materials.

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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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Buy 3/8" latex tubing. I picked it up from Lowes. I bought 60', and had about 4' left when I finished (my truck is a CC).

Feeding baby powder into the door seal helps the latex tubing feed through easier.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:45 PM
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What is this mod? I haven't heard of it before!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by GregN
What is this mod? I haven't heard of it before!
The door gaskets on the Superduties are hollow. The problem is that they tend to leak every now and again, and are thin enough to allow passengers inside to hear additional road noise. By adding latex tubing inside the gasket, it makes a better seal against the door and body and provides an improvement to sound dampening.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Wow, interesting, never heard of this one.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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That's pretty clever! I'll have to give that a try.Thanks.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 05:25 PM
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That's a new one for me too.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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I did it this past summer, and it helped with road noise from these big tires.
 
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Ehammond do you have any pics of this Mod?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 06:30 PM
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i considered doing this mod, but took another route. I used the stick on insulation and added it all along the door seals. Only reason I did this, is I had so much of it left over after repairing the a/c in my mom's car. It worked really well.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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Latex - like the medical rubber band stuff - yellowish?
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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new to me aswell sounds kool
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 07:32 PM
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great idea!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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I will have to do this mod this summer. Good idea.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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just keeping for my records, nothing to add cept thanks!!!!! Pocket your like the crazy old uncle who has 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 ideas......love 'em
 
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