Advice regarding door weatherstrip

Received a can of the Herco adhesive and did a whole bunch of searching and reading prior posts from within this forum concerning how to glue these weatherstrips on. Last night I used some blue painter's tape and test-fitted the Carpenter weatherstrip to the passenger door. As previously mentioned, I'm not very pleased with these weatherstrips, as compared to the originals. That said, I don't believe there exists any other option, since I've confirmed the "other" weatherstrip manufacturers are getting these seals from Carpenter (for this application.... I cannot speak to other apps).

With the seal taped temporarily into place, the door (which aligns perfectly without the seal) won't shut without TREMENDOUS force.... so much that I'm fearful of breaking something. To make matters worse, even under that force, it looks like the seal is making contact with the rocker panel section of the door opening and at the top of the leading edge of the door/pillar, but NOT at all at the trailing edge of the door and body (where the striker plate mounts). At this point I expect it to be insanely noisy as we drive down the highway.

Can anyone give me some tips as to how this might be adjusted? Like I said, without the seals the doors fit and align with the body absolutely perfectly on all three edges of the door. They're the original doors and rebuilt hinges.... everything is nice and tight.

I've read a few comments about applying heat and Glycerin to the seals to help them compress. Even if that helps, I believe the weatherstrip is to "skinny" at the trailing edge of the door to ever seal up that surface. Any advice?

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