air leak at top front corner of driver's door

[t_bollox]

What does the BCL kit to erradicate wind noise consist of?

[David Olivant]

To my knowledge it is shaped rubber extrusion afixed the the door
aperture.Apparently the secret is in the fitting.
I have looked through Baines pdf file and note various sections which may
work, However I cannot find out the profile of the rubber used by Bristol
cars. Perhaps the service centre would tell you as you are further away and
the you could tell the rest of us?
Regards David

[browning l]

Mike, at Bristol Patchway, has advised me he has sent me a piece of sealing strip to use to alleviate the air leak...that will, hopefully, resolve the situation.

[David Olivant]

Could you post the profile when you receive it?
regards,
David

[browning l]

I can certainly try, David. A poor sketch, and a medicocre photo may be the best I can do.

[Kevin H]

Originally Posted by David Olivant

Could you post the profile when you receive it?
regards,
David

What does it cost to buy the parts from Bristol?

Given that it isn't very practical for you to take your car to Bristol, I'm sure they would sell you the parts and give you some advice on fitting.

It could save a lot of hassle and potentially buying another product that doesn't deliver the desired results.

Kevin

[Andy Bernard]

Don't know if it's the same, but I had serious wind noise from the 411 when
I got it in 02. Bought the kit from Bristol - essentially new rubbers, and
they were a pig to fit and didn't make a great deal of difference.

Realising that this was caused by wind coming through, and this is solved
domestically by draught excluding strips, I found some old P cross section
adhesive strip in the garage. I put this round the windows to make a seal
with the door frame when closed and the improvement in noise was very
marked. That must have been about 5 years ago and is still OK. It's about
10mm wide by 6-7mm high at the curve of the P, don't know who made it as I
no longer have the box.

Cheers

Andy

[David Olivant]

When this was raised before, some-one who had the work done stated that
due to the precise nature of the work, Bristol services only did the
installation themselves. I do use Bristol as a first port of call, it is
only if they cannot supply that I look elsewhere.
David