Appearance and wind noise. You are right, they don't really serve a complete waterproofing function, althouth they do reduce the water that's trying to get around the other seals. Dave S ----- Original Message ----- From: "delowalk" <delowalk@xxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 7:47 PM Subject: door roof seal question > Hi all, > > Quick question. I recently replaced the door roof seals on my car ----- > > What is the purpose of this seal, anyway? It would seem to me that if > it weren't there, water would do what it's supposed to do anyway and > travel along the canal to the street. So why do we have them? To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/