The rubber rain guard showed up last week, and we think it might have worked as a rain guard above our doors, except it didn't come out far enough, and rain would have gotten on top of the doors' seals and ran in when we opened them. So we went back to the aluminum rain caps from Challenger door. (We'll still use the rubber rain guard on the bottom of our hatch. I'll show that when we apply it.)
I filed the ends a little rounder so, hopefully, they won't catch on our clothes or tear our skin. If necessary, we'll put a dab of sealant on them.
If you look close you'll notice two types of screws on there. The smaller are number 6 stainless (painted black) machine screws that I used to fill the pre-drilled holes, which were nearly right on top of the pre-drilled holes Challenger put in to hold the door to the teardrop. The larger screws are stainless wood screws (also painted black) in holes I carefully drilled to avoid the holes that hold the door on the teardrop.
The problem (did I mention there was a problem?) is that I picked the locations for these holes about a week after I installed the bezel that goes around the doors on the inside. "8 inches from the center seems about right," I said to myself, two weekends in a row. (See Tony, I also occasionally write dialog--or is it monologue?) One problem with talking to myself is that about half the time I know what I'm going to say next. The other problem is that I don't always listen! "shi*!!" I said next. (That's one of the times when I knew what I was going to say.)
Actually, I got away with it on three of the four screws. On the fourth one, I drilled right into a screw going the other way, holding the bezel in. My solution was to cut the bezel screw short with a hack saw. Soon, we will seal the doors with butyl tape, and so no rain should get in the screw hole. If it does, instead of eventually rotting the wood, it may run right into the teardrop and drip on Shelly. (It's on her side of the cabin.) Then she will encourage me to find a better solution!
Tom