This came about after the recent discussion on kidney draughts(drafts?). I'd never noticed the huge gap around the door lock with the door closed. It's not something you look at when you're in the car.
I started with a strip of HDPF - high density polyethylene foam. This is rigid enough to tuck around the door lock aperture and will hold the excluder in place without glue or double sided tape.
Here are the two cut pieces of HDPF with 6mm circular section neoprene profile.
I superglued these together and shaped the ends.
This was then wrapped with 3mm standard density neoprene to provide the padding.
The first trial fit. I wanted the excluder to look like a continuation of that which is fitted along the bottom edge of the door frame.
Then covered with leather. I tried a hot glue gun, but aerosol adhesive worked better.
It simply slots into place, just tight enough to stay there.
Passenger side.
And that's it. Just a couple of hours work after cutting the initial shape. Everything was in stock so it cost nothing. I'll see how it goes.............................
