Water Intrusion on Front Driver’s Side Door

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    Hello all, last night it rained and today I noticed rust stains around the top seal of the drivers side door. I don’t think these stains were there before. I recently put silicon on a hairline crack in the trunk area and took the bead of silicon all the way up the gutters to the windshield to adhere the plastic to the car because the clips came off. That’s the only thing I can think of that is different since last time it rained. Any ideas would be helpful! I checked the weather seals and they look ok. I posted pics below. Thank you!
     

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    Brown tree crap . Water brown wen it hit car.
     
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    Be about right time for springtime in Maine.?
     
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    I never thought of that! Yes it’s starting to get to spring thank god! It came off with some pretty know grease. Thank you!
     
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    Pull up the black roof trim strips on top of the car and clean and silcone glue under there. That's where water gets in.

    The places where you're working are not known to leak.
     
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    Elbow grease* lol
     
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