I might be in wrong section sisnce this directly correlated with a fiberglass in-rear door-sub install, but it also is mechanical so I apologize if the former and not the latter.

I'm doing some 'glassin' and putting in 6" subs in my rear doors. The whole thing is going great so far. But today i noticed that one of the fiberglass enclosures is taking on water. I believe it's from the window exterior bottom seal leaking, it doesn't even touch the glass anymore whether windows are up or down.
Maybe I just answered my own quest..oh man. nevermind.

Off to the replace the bottom exterior window seals I guess? They ARE supposed to make contact with the windows, right? Because right now there's about 1/16" or so gap. (2mm or so)..

 

I'd have to look on my car, but usually the water drains out of holes in the bottom of the door. You probably plugged the holes inadvertently when you were doing the glass work.

 

Yea thats for certain lol. Im dumb sometimes.
I was looking at the doors and the seals have the gaps like I was sayin earlier, so I took some marine goo it's a flexible water sealer and put a bit on the gaps, it dries clear so no mess. I'll see how this goes, hopefully this will take care of the problem.

 

If you seal the window molding to the glass, the window will become inoperable.
Like the sunroof, water does indeed run down into the inner door and by design come out the drain holes. You need to correct this or you'll have rotten door panels in no time.

 

No no no.... I just put the sealant on the black stripe, there was a big gap there. LOL I didn't want to glue my window shut! LOL
lastnight it was pretty wet out, and this morning I checked my door panels and there was barely any water in them, big improvement!! I'll post some photo soon.

 

Water will continue to make it's way past the window belt moldings and into the door.
You need to put the drains back in place or your doors will rust from the inside out.

 

where under the car are the drain holes? is there a picture anywhere of them?

 

Today I washed the car a bit all the salt really messes with the frame lol.
Used a pressure wasger on the windows, and after I was through I waited about 30 min to let drip off, and no water in the doors. But only time will tell.
The holes serve two purposes I think: they hold the rubber seal on the door underneath, as well as drain the water from the inside out.