johnchasxlr
Active Member
Over the past few years I have noticed some water draining from inside my passenger door. After some strong storms last month I had water inside both doors so I decided to take some action. Although water may get inside the door from a variety of places I opted to change the wiper or felt strip that provides a seal between the outer door and the window. GM refers to this part as a "belt" and I found the parts a great price from GMpertsdirect.com. The part numbers are 20791102 (left) and 20791103 (right).
Installation was very easy. Put the window down, remove the single plastic pin securing the felt / belt / wiper from the BACK of the door. Save the plastic pin because you will need to reuse it. Gently pull the old strip out starting from the front of the door and working back to where you removed the plastic pin. The new one goes in the same way being careful to make sure the entire strip is seated on the metal support channel just below the outside of the window channel.
That not only solved my water problem but also restored the original tight tolerance between the window and door frame, for less that 150.00 it was a good investment to make particularly when you consider the cost of replacing window regulators and motors which are not designed to get too wet.
Installation was very easy. Put the window down, remove the single plastic pin securing the felt / belt / wiper from the BACK of the door. Save the plastic pin because you will need to reuse it. Gently pull the old strip out starting from the front of the door and working back to where you removed the plastic pin. The new one goes in the same way being careful to make sure the entire strip is seated on the metal support channel just below the outside of the window channel.
That not only solved my water problem but also restored the original tight tolerance between the window and door frame, for less that 150.00 it was a good investment to make particularly when you consider the cost of replacing window regulators and motors which are not designed to get too wet.
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