Window issue...AGAIN, sorry....Need some advice?

[VX KAT]

When I had the rubber strip out I did think maybe I could cut away some as it seemed to have more rubber on the side that faces outward, than inner, i.e. not symmetrical. Also that black foam at the bottom of rubber track was a gooey mess. I blotted it over and over again to get the visible goop off. Instead of cutting any rubber off, I just widened the heck out of the track a bit more. But now I've got to check on something Gussie2000 mentioned...my front track may be twisted and maybe I didn't notice or appreciate how that would still be causing friction on the glass. I made the metal track wider, but I may have caused some twisting of it when I was trying to move the bracket forward. Gussie, my black foam wasn't "DRY" at all, it was very gooey....can I cut it off?...or is that providing relubrication to the glass? I applied the silicone spray to the rubber while I had it out and horizontal & I let it sit for a few minutes, but with all the silicone I applied I'm sure some of it ended up running down into this foam.

I started to "assess" the passenger door today....I have a feeling the entire rubber strip is missing. Without taking off the door panel, just looking at it I see there's NO vertical rubber visible at all in that 6" from top of door up to A pillar (the part next to the mirror). We have a horrendous wind noise coming from this general area, but can't feel any air blowing anywhere. Once I realized the rubber track is missing I was sure that was going to be the cause...not sure yet. We don't smoke but I've got to get something lit and see if the smoke can help me pinpoint where this air noise is coming from.

Went to a custom place today to look at putting some fog lights on my great new bull bar (thank you Tone!) We definitely can't do any wiring stuff ourself, so the local place I've dealt with is really reasonable. I can get some Hella Halogens & installation for $155. We live about a mile back on a dirt road in a small town, so I need some more light! Hubby has some big Hellas on his FJ Cruiser, now it's ZooZoo's turn!

[Gussie2000]

When I had the rubber strip out I did think maybe I could cut away some as it seemed to have more rubber on the side that faces outward, than inner, i.e. not symmetrical. Also that black foam at the bottom of rubber track was a gooey mess. I blotted it over and over again to get the visible goop off. Instead of cutting any rubber off, I just widened the heck out of the track a bit more. But now I've got to check on something Gussie2000 mentioned...my front track may be twisted and maybe I didn't notice or appreciate how that would still be causing friction on the glass. I made the metal track wider, but I may have caused some twisting of it when I was trying to move the bracket forward. Gussie, my black foam wasn't "DRY" at all, it was very gooey....can I cut it off?...or is that providing relubrication to the glass? I applied the silicone spray to the rubber while I had it out and horizontal & I let it sit for a few minutes, but with all the silicone I applied I'm sure some of it ended up running down into this foam.

I started to "assess" the passenger door today....I have a feeling the entire rubber strip is missing. Without taking off the door panel, just looking at it I see there's NO vertical rubber visible at all in that 6" from top of door up to A pillar (the part next to the mirror). We have a horrendous wind noise coming from this general area, but can't feel any air blowing anywhere. Once I realized the rubber track is missing I was sure that was going to be the cause...not sure yet. We don't smoke but I've got to get something lit and see if the smoke can help me pinpoint where this air noise is coming from.

Went to a custom place today to look at putting some fog lights on my great new bull bar (thank you Tone!) We definitely can't do any wiring stuff ourself, so the local place I've dealt with is really reasonable. I can get some Hella Halogens & installation for $155. We live about a mile back on a dirt road in a small town, so I need some more light! Hubby has some big Hellas on his FJ Cruiser, now it's ZooZoo's turn!

Hi KAT !

1rst of all did you removed the weather rubber completly ?

If you do removed the rubbers then give try & see if the window rubbs agains the trail without the rubber.

If the window do tilt or slow try to figured out at which point of the trail the window fails to keep rolling & work focused on that very spot.

If the weather rubber is fine then there's no needs to remove bit of the black foam;Yes the foam should be lubricated at all times,that helps the windows goes up/down

With all the winter here in NYC i haven't roll my windows for weeks & today i remember you by rolling both windows,again had no problem with them,they works perfectly

[VX KAT]

I removed the driver's rubber weather stripping completely to clean the old lubricants and gunk. I ran window up/down when NO rubber and it worked ok until midway, it was binding (with NO rubber strip on!). So that's why I thought my BACK/REAR track may be causing some binding, but with flashlight I just couldn't see where. I put the rubber track back in and right now, it's perfect with silicone spray. Up/down very fast. Passenger side looks like previous owner may have removed entire rubber strip....will be checking it out soon.