misterp Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 OK, it's quiet now! After $2 in Vaseline not a peep. I undid the latches, opened the windows as far as I could and spuuhhh-looooooged a ton of petroleum jelly on the weather strip and buckled the windows. The Vaseline worked so well that the window is totally gasketed to the weatherstrip and damn-dear impossible to reopen! But in the 3 years I've had the truck I've never opened the rear windows so I figure that I'm not going to be missing anything but the wind noise. Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLS04SS Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I think i'm going to do the same thing Mr. P. I also had my passenger side rear window replaced under warranty and after a few weeks it started leaking again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 (edited) I think i'm going to do the same thing Mr. P. I also had my passenger side rear window replaced under warranty and after a few weeks it started leaking again. Make it easy on yourself - buy the petroleum jelly in a tube and lay down a 1/4" bead down the middle of the seal and close the window - you won't see anything from outside and I only had minor cleanup in a couple places. But if you put the petroleum jelly on too thick the excess will run down the inside of the window when it gets hot from sitting in the sun Edited November 28, 2006 by misterp (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luaderdale SS Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 My '06 has noise in front also windshield or sunroof? not sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svt2224 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I don't have a sunroof so maybe it is from the windshield area. I think I may remove the wipers and see if that has any effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DRSS05 Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 So the warranty will replace the window or the weather strips.......I think I might just take it in, that noise is getting annoying. That's funny,I thought it was just my truck. Thank God for the SS forum. He must drive a Chevy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 But in the 3 years I've had the truck I've never opened the rear windows so I figure that I'm not going to be missing anything but the wind noise. Mr. P. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now that you said that you'll have to open them for some reason or another every other day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 So the warranty will replace the window or the weather strips.......I think I might just take it in, that noise is getting annoying. That's funny,I thought it was just my truck. Thank God for the SS forum. He must drive a Chevy. The entire window assembly gets replaced. And they ALL do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badkarma Posted November 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 I wondering the same thing, I know its not any of the side windows. To me it sounds like wind noise from wind whipping through the grill, thats the best I can describe it. Is it an windshield problem? If its not all in my head I'd like to take it in and have the knuckle draggers fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josebrwn Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 It's frrreeezzzing cold here and I'm getting some noise from the sun roof. Can't figure out if it's the cold hardening the seals or the rock hard chunk of ice stuck right above the windshield. Either way, is a dab of vaseline once in a while a good trick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Just got the latches in the mail, but no instructions I assume it's easy to switch them out, but don't want to break anything. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Post a How To Mr. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJT13 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 i had a couple of friends riding in the back seat the other day and they opened the back windows. now i got "the noise". grrrr.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILLS04SS Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yeah I had my entire rear passenger window assembly replaced and it was great for about 3 weeks. Then at speeds over 50 it started up again . Piss poor design IMO. I'm gonna give the 1/4 bead of vaseline a try. Hell I never open the rear windows anyway. Thanks for the tip Mr. P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterp Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yeah I had my entire rear passenger window assembly replaced and it was great for about 3 weeks. Then at speeds over 50 it started up again . Piss poor design IMO. I'm gonna give the 1/4 bead of vaseline a try. Hell I never open the rear windows anyway. Thanks for the tip Mr. P Yeah I had the exact same situation, dealer replaced the rear window and it was fine for about a month. Honestly this is an experiment, I'm curious to see if it will still be airtight after 2-3 months but for now all quiet. Another question I have is what will happen in the summer when the sun beats down on the truck and heats the vaseline to 130+ degrees... we'll see when the time comes I guess. Maybe there is something that can stand the heat better, but petroleum jelly was the only stuff that came to mind which would not permanently adhere the window shut or otherwise hurt the weatherstrip (on the contrary vaseline is very good for weatherstripping). Mr. P. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06redSSrwd Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 i changed my factory window latches. i've already noticed an improvement! (note: improvement, not solution) i have heard of someone doing what i did but in addition putting petroleum jelly to seal it off like a gasket. i believe it was misterp who posted on that. but for now the aftermarket latches are great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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