Water in the doors, is this common? Options

[crandsberry]

So im sitting in my 97 hatchback, it's raining pretty hard, and im watching water roll down my door window and INTO MY DOOR.

Is this pretty common? Why is that rubber trim piece along the top of the door not sealling to the window, is it the window's fault?
The the guy who owned the car before me was kind of a goof, he put thick carpet padding in the doors for sound deadening (maybe he was on to something ) which i took out. Could that have bent something out of wack?

thanks guys

[crandsberry]

its all good

I know most doors have some type of moisture barrier, like a sheet of plastic, to protect the components in the door from water seepage like when the window is rolled down and the door gets wet. The drain holes get water droplets out so they dont evaporate and generate mold/rust.
But the sole purpose of weatherstripping around a window is to seal out the WEATHER! haha
I guess this piece isint a common problem, my drainage issue is prolly more evidence of the klutz that used to own the car , ill just replace it.


Well last night my buddy and I just finnished outfitting the car with new Rockford Fosgate amp and speaker wiring. I also dropped in a new OPTIMA battery , but we have not worked on the doors yet.

Along with the carpet doors, there were other amusing discoveries; someone ran ground wires all the way to the rear of the car

I dont know if this has been covered, but for those of you that dont want to run your amp power all the way to the right side of the firewall, you can punch a hole just above the clutch master cylinder mount (carefully avoiding the clutch line). Works like a charm.

In terms of sound deadening, aside from trunk floor and doors, are theyre any other hot spots i should hit up with some Dynomat?
thanks again guys