So as we enter the winter season here, I have a question for all of you.
What do you do to keep your seals from freezing? I can count many times where my half frozen fingers have had to pry on the seals of my door after almost ripping my door handle off.
So what are some of your remmidies for this?
"Louis, you better watch who you call a child. Because if I'm a child,
that makes you a pedafile, and I'm not gonna stand here and argue
with a pervert" -- Peter Griffin
I understand that rubbing vaseline into them (the rubber part of the door seals) will keep them from freezing shut. What do I know though, I live in southern California.
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When my door freezes shut, I just push on it. I push on it near the top of the door, near the middle, bottom, etc. Then attempt to re-open it. Opens fine for me then. No broken seals, no broken handle, no frozen fingers for me.
Whie lithium grease, four times a year. Keeps the rubber nice and supple (extremely important on a convertible!), and won't stick when it gets cold.
Not the spray stuff... the wipe-on stuff.
Cherubim wrote:I understand that rubbing vaseline into them (the rubber part of the door seals) will keep them from freezing shut. What do I know though, I live in southern California.
This works and its a cheap method.
Exodus 259 wrote:When my door freezes shut, I just push on it. I push on it near the top of the door, near the middle, bottom, etc. Then attempt to re-open it. Opens fine for me then. No broken seals, no broken handle, no frozen fingers for me.
Also works (last week with Puget Sound's 20 degree highs = frozen doors = me doing both of the above)
i totally forgot that in winter it does that.....
i unlock it, pull the handle, then grab the upper right corner....opens right up
My car may run 18s, but I can do your taxes in 10 seconds flat.
JBO lube - they would never have enough in stock and we'd never see RodimusPrime again
Warm water does the trick!
southpaw wrote:Warm water does the trick!
Warm water will work but remember when its real cold out, don't drop warm/hot water on glass or you risk cracking it.
I found that my door doesn't actually stick during the winter, my problem is that when it is real cold out and I mean cold like - below temps. The electronic door locks don't fully disengage and take a couple times to get them to open fully unlock. Other than that my door open right up during the winter
i dont have any of those probs but i do have one where i unlock my door with the key jump in and go to close the door and the door locking latch is allready in the closed spot so when i go to close the door it slams into the door latch. I have to pry up the little latch to get the door to close but i think i fixed i sparyed it with a bunch of gigiube or w\e
eh, dont be lazy and wipe the door jambs with a towel after you wash your car. problem solved.
z yaaaa: I wish that was the problem! I don't even know the last time I washed my car! Its almost as white as yours is, but from salt and dirt!
Lenko: I'm gonna give that a try.
Cherubim : Ive heard that before as well, I just dont think it will stay on there, but if teh grese fails then thats next up!
Exodus 259: thats exactly what im trying to avoid! I want it to jsut open without any tricks!
RobMan 41 - PROJECT GXP: ya mine does that too! its annoying! usually happens when it hits about -20-25ish
southpaw: yup, that sounds like it will work perfectly! I'll get in no probs, getting out woudl be a pain in the ass though!
"Louis, you better watch who you call a child. Because if I'm a child,
that makes you a pedafile, and I'm not gonna stand here and argue
with a pervert" -- Peter Griffin
this is kinda weird but my grandma...put cooking oil on the rubber. Seems to work
cooking spray "PAM" works like a charm
z yaaaa wrote:eh, dont be lazy and wipe the door jambs with a towel after you wash your car. problem solved.
i do all the time i just did not rub away the grease from that thinking it needed it
