Need help: door weather strip

[Sagaris]

I dont know what car that ^^^ is for but it is a picture to describe what I refer to as weather stripping. I bought my car ( 91 2dr 325i ) and the weather strip on the passenger door:

1) Is not sitting properly and I can see a bit of sunlight peeping in through the corner

2) Seems like it is too short when trying to adjust it and press it back into place along the body. You know, like how when you replace a bike tire you are like "WHY WONT YOU JUST GET ON THE RIM ALREADY!!!!" and you think you bought a tire that was just a tad smaller than the wheel (but in reality it is the right size).

I hope I am making some sort of sense. I can take pictures tomorrow if you are completely lost. I am really just trying to make the weather strip look neat and in place inside and make sure it is on properly so I dont get leaks and I do not want to resort to glue if I dont have to.

Any tips on dealing with this stuff?



BTW: The Bently had nothing as far as I saw.

[TreFlip]

Well if you just make sure if its lined up correctly and everything it should fit in there fine, might seem a little short but it should fit in there.
I usually worked it from the corner part first then tried to work from top to front to bottom.

or you have a 4 door door weather strip, and im pretty sure the front doors are smaller on the 4 doors.

[Schnitzer318is]

^Work it like he said... do the top starting from the back "corner." If you are unable to get it to stay put on the top (like me), buy some monkey snot... an audio installer term. It's like a rubbery adhesive similar to the stuff the factory uses to hold on the vapor barriers on the doors. It's actually called strip caulk and works A+ to hold that stuff up without resorting to permanent glues which, in my experience, usually don't work anyway.

[duboy]

sagaris, don't know if you ever figured this out, but i just did my drivers side this weekend. i ended up just pulling the whole thing out and started with a "new" door gasket that i happened to run across at a local pick n pull. i used a door pulling tool to take off the inside door sill that holds the gasket in. I started from the front of the sill, the first clip is RIGHT there. then just work slow and pry smoothly and it will come up and you won't break anything. there are...i think 7 body clips that are a bitch if you try to use a screwdriver. once i got that off, just pull the gasket off all around, it should come off pretty easy. Make sure the headliner/vinyl sunvisor trim doesn't tear when you pull it out. then, like schnitzer said start from the corner (where the gasket is fastened together at a 90deg angle) and press it in, make sure it's fully flush, and tuck the headliners back in. i put the inside door sill on last with a rubber mallet. good as new, no more sunlight seeping through :-) good thing too because it rained yesterday and today.