Obnoxious interior door noises

[RVAE34]

I have been trying to make my car as silent as possible. I did full dynamat on the trunk, doors and the rear of the car. I didn't do the front as the front section of carpet is a pain to remove and already has like 3-4 in.'s of foam on it.

I just have the annoying door noise in the front driver and rear passenger when I go over major potholes/bumps downtown. It seems to either be the strikers or the outer seal. My driver outer seal is worn/torn away right where the driver is and the rears are shrunk a bit so that could be part of it but I am leaning towards strikers as it sounds more like a plastic type of sound than vinyl/rubber. I could be wrong though. You know how noises are....

I tried adjusting the strikers but it doesn't seem to help. Tried putting silicone on the rubber seals and that doesn't really seem to help either. I am thinking of getting a new driver seal and and then cutting the others and using pieces of the used driver to fill the gaps under the sill plates.

I have put dynamat on the inside and interior outer side of the doors. Also re-glued any broken clip holders with 2 part epoxy so the door panels themselves are solid.

I was thinking of buying new strikers as well. I imagine that they could be worn over time and have room to flex.

Any other ideas of what it could be?

[sfgearhead]

I had an annoying squeak in my driver's door that was barely noticable, but if you knew the car you heard it.

I replaced the striker with a good used one from a rear door and it went away. My striker was visibly broken in spots.

Also, recently when I had the door panel off I could hear a few rattles/squeaks that went away once the panel was back on. Probably either I just don't her them now, or the pressure from the seal on the door prevents the squeaks.

I'd go with a new door seal, and try swapping the driver's door striker with a rear door and see if it gets better. They're all the same.

Next up for me, finding the rattle in the hatch area. And killing it.

[RVAE34]

Dynamat the hell out of it.

[sfgearhead]

That might help. More than likely I just need to get the junk out of the trunk. Then put it back one piece at a time. My toolkit lid is also busted, I've glued the hinge once and it broke again. This time I think I'll try fiberglass.

I hate rattles.

[ross1]

I'll bet the doors aren't closing tight enough. Collapsed or torn weather strips, worn or misadjusted door strikes.
Push on the door from the outside and see how much it gives.