Question re doors

esscolab · 01-09-2009, 03:57 AM

This may sound an odd question, but it's been on my mind for a while now, will try to explain.

When I wash the car or it has been raining there is a small amount of water that gets past the side window seals and must somehow end up inside the doors. I noticed this after moving the window up and down and noticing water still on the windows.
It's logical that water must run down the windows to a degree and end up inside the door itself. If this is so, is their a drainage channel for this water or does it just end up inside the door for ever ?

123D-M · 01-09-2009, 04:02 AM

There are holes to allow water to run out the bottom as well. You can rest assured your door won't fill up with water.

I suspect this is the source of the black marks we get below the doors.

Kokanator135 · 01-10-2009, 10:36 PM

I also hate that design issue as it virtually ensures that rolling my window down will make it get water marks on it from the rubber seals.....very annoying even a few hours post wash when I have to lower the driver window to get into the parking garage at work and the rest of the car is spotless.

Of course, I could just cop to being retardedly anal about it....

MatthewDFW · 01-10-2009, 10:46 PM

This issue is not limited to 1-series. I've heard similar complains from M3 owners - complaints including not only water inside doors but to leaks and drips inside raised windows during rain and car washes. By association, we might assume that gripes from the M3 community extend to the 3-series as a whole... Just my 2-cents, but for the cash we've paid for our cars, I don't think it's retardedly anal to expect a water-tight rubber seal to actually be water-tight. Cheers!

Coach · 01-11-2009, 08:08 AM

Every car I've owned wet the windows if rolled down after a wash.

M3
WRX
Frontier
Accord
Prelude
Civic
etc..

Kokanator135 · 01-13-2009, 12:23 AM

I'm talking about up to 6hrs post-wash, on a fairly temperate day in the fall. The windows should not still be wet. Hasn't been an issue in any of the other cars I've owned/washed:

X3
IS300
Accord
Prelude
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Nissan Sentra
Acura TL
Dodge Grand Caravan

stevenc · 01-14-2009, 12:41 PM

Very common in alot of cars. Has to do with the felt liner that is on the inside of the rubber seal against the glass The felt liner gets wet and hold the water and then when you wind the window up or down, the felt rewets the window.

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Kokanator135 Second Lieutenant 22 Rep 208 Posts Drives: seeking m240i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edgewater, MD iTrader: (0)	I also hate that design issue as it virtually ensures that rolling my window down will make it get water marks on it from the rubber seals.....very annoying even a few hours post wash when I have to lower the driver window to get into the parking garage at work and the rest of the car is spotless. Of course, I could just cop to being retardedly anal about it....
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01-10-2009, 10:46 PM	#4
MatthewDFW Senior Member 14 Rep 244 Posts Drives: '08 135i, '02 X5 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Dallas, Texas iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 135i [0.00]	This issue is not limited to 1-series. I've heard similar complains from M3 owners - complaints including not only water inside doors but to leaks and drips inside raised windows during rain and car washes. By association, we might assume that gripes from the M3 community extend to the 3-series as a whole... Just my 2-cents, but for the cash we've paid for our cars, I don't think it's retardedly anal to expect a water-tight rubber seal to actually be water-tight. Cheers! __________________ MatthewDFW BMWCCA 411059 2008 135i =============== Our wee twin turbos may be smallish, but they doth mashie yon backside deeply seatwise. ===============
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01-11-2009, 08:08 AM	#5
Coach Second Lieutenant 8 Rep 204 Posts Drives: E90 M3 Join Date: May 2008 Location: NASCAR Heaven iTrader: (0)	Every car I've owned wet the windows if rolled down after a wash. M3 WRX Frontier Accord Prelude Civic etc..
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01-13-2009, 12:23 AM	#6
Kokanator135 Second Lieutenant 22 Rep 208 Posts Drives: seeking m240i Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Edgewater, MD iTrader: (0)	I'm talking about up to 6hrs post-wash, on a fairly temperate day in the fall. The windows should not still be wet. Hasn't been an issue in any of the other cars I've owned/washed: X3 IS300 Accord Prelude Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Nissan Sentra Acura TL Dodge Grand Caravan
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01-14-2009, 12:41 PM	#7
stevenc Coming Soon 254 Rep 960 Posts Drives: 2015 BMW M4 Alphine White MT Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (0)	Very common in alot of cars. Has to do with the felt liner that is on the inside of the rubber seal against the glass The felt liner gets wet and hold the water and then when you wind the window up or down, the felt rewets the window.
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