Paint flaking on door seal

[Dr3wDrop]

Very strange. My driver door has the factory paint cracked on the entire door on the inside seam. What is the best way to go about fixing this?

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[Trustable]

I would see if your seal is leaking if you can before trying to repaint it, that way it won’t happen again ideally. Wouldn’t be a bad idea after to see if you can scratch away the loose paint, sand, then use some good rust blocking/converting primer.

 

[Dr3wDrop]

I would see if your seal is leaking if you can before trying to repaint it, that way it won’t happen again ideally. Wouldn’t be a bad idea after to see if you can scratch away the loose paint, sand, then use some good rust blocking/converting primer.

Good idea. I don’t think my door seal is leaking though. Never had any water on the inside or condensation issues.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Geez Andrew, that looks rough. Maybe the paint was applied too thick and it cracked as it cured.

The good thing is, it’s on the inside of a seal that seams to be okay. I would clean up those rust spots - maybe apply some naval jelly - clean it with some isopropyl or acetone and then apply some colour matched touch-up, and of course, keep an eye on it.

The good news is, it looks like you caught it before it got nasty.

 

[Trustable]

Good idea. I don’t think my door seal is leaking though. Never had any water on the inside or condensation issues.

Yeah if you haven’t noticed anything it was probably just a bad paint job on those areas like duke said. As long as you prep the area you should be good to repaint it. Thankfully it’s in an area where I don’t think it would matter if you just got a generic grey color if it’s cheaper than fords version

 

[Dr3wDrop]

Just an update. Had a body shop fix the paint. They said it was caused by an internal leak to the door? Interesting.

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