Preventing doors from icing shut?

[FreeLitres]

I went out to de-ice my car this morning and it took me a while to get my car door open – it had iced shut! This happened a few times last year too.

Is there anything I can do to help prevent this from happening?

I am thinking some kind of waterproof grease (Silicone grease?) that I can wipe along the rubber door seals which will not perish the rubber.

Any ideas?

[Stu R]

Auto Glym vinyl and rubber protector. put on, leave for a bit, wipe off. Doesn't leave streaky grease all over the place.

[TRUENOSAM]

Spray WD40 on a rag and wipe the seals down. That does the trick every time. Especialy on pillarless doors

[u13rr1]

http://www.einszett.co.uk/Gummi-Pflege.php

[g3org3y]

u13rr1 said:

http://www.einszett.co.uk/Gummi-Pflege.php

Also very good to stop rubber seals drying out in summer.

Unfortunately the OE BMW item is NLA.

[roverspeed]

Very thin smearing of Vaseline Petroleum jelly on the rubbers (ooo err) will help also.

[u13rr1]

roverspeed said:

Very thin smearing of Vaseline Petroleum jelly on the rubbers (ooo err) will help also.

And also rot them

[mph999]

roverspeed said:

Very thin smearing of Vaseline Petroleum jelly on the rubbers (ooo err) will help also.

NNNooooooooo, any petroleum based products will rot the seals ...

M

[Motown Junk]

Stu R said:

Auto Glym vinyl and rubber protector. put on, leave for a bit, wipe off. Doesn't leave streaky grease all over the place.

[FreeLitres]

mph999 said:

roverspeed said:

Very thin smearing of Vaseline Petroleum jelly on the rubbers (ooo err) will help also.

NNNooooooooo, any petroleum based products will rot the seals ...

M

Some sites say that WD40 will also rot the seals as it is petrolium based?

One site even said use brake fluid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Wouldn't this strip all the paint from around the doors?)

Has anyone ever tried using Silicone lubricant spray for this job? I already have some in the garage.

[FreeLitres]

• UPDATE *

So, yesterday morning my doors were iced shut in the morning frost.

I opted for the "3-in-1 Silicone Spray" approach. I sprayed some on to a paper towel and wiped this along the rubber door seals of the driver’s door. My first observation was the amount of grime this lifted off the seals!

Anyway This morning there was a heavy frost again (worse than yesterday's).

Door opened first time with no problems at all!!!!

I totally recommend a quick wipe of Silicone Spray around the seals if you suffer from frozen doors.

[tezzer]

Park inthe garage. Simples xx

[FreeLitres]

tezzer said:

Park inthe garage. Simples xx

And leave Mr Tiv out in the cold? No way!

[Galsia]

tezzer said:

Simples

Please don't do that...

[Big Rod]

I had the stuck door problem this morning.

Nothing would budge either of them, (semi pillared doors.)

They were at the stage where I'd released the catch but they were stuck solid.

So I opened the boot, slammed it shut and both doors popped open!

I'm prefering the silicon grease approach though, might nip down to Hellfrauds after work!

[Dr Derek Doctors]

If you have a st car like mine... just kick the door in as hard as possible, it forces the door into 'overclose' and breaks the ice seal. Easy

[PAULJ5555]

Stu R said:

Doesn't leave streaky grease all over the place.

Leave Streaky out of this its not his fault!!!!!!!!!

[FreeLitres]

Dr Derek Doctors said:

If you have a st car like mine... just kick the door in as hard as possible, it forces the door into 'overclose' and breaks the ice seal. Easy

I wonder how you discovered that solution

[CO2000]

I have the bloomin opposite problem, my X5 doors open but then bounce back when shutting !

The lock latch sticks with the cold but a good spray with WD40 sorts it out.

[Monkeylegend]

You could always hire Michael Caine but he might make a bit of a mess.