Is the weatherstripping around the doors in the interior supposed to be tucked in or overlapping the inner plastic pieces?

My weatherstripping is both ways, but I dont know which way to commit to. It looks like crap right now. Check out what I mean in the pic.

Can someone show me a pic of theirs for comparison?

 

If no one else chimes in, later I will look at mine and take some pics. Looks to me, however, that it is not supposed to be that way. But then again, it looks like that is an intentional design. Are both door areas that way? If not, then the one pictured in flawed since the other that is "tucked in" would be correct.

Sidenote and off-topic from your post: What's with the rust on those screws and the corrosion around the latch? That's horrible looking. Have you looked to see if your MINI has the infamous door sill rust?

I have to look at my car and make sure I don't have that. Maybe the rust was caused by the door rubber not sealing properly? It looks like the rust happened right were the stripping is amiss.

With my limited understanding of mechanics, if that stripping was tucked in, that would raise the rubber that seals the door. Since it is "flatter" the air and moisture are getting into that area. Is there wind noise when you are moving down the road? If so, that might indicate a defective seal.

 

Also, what year is your car and do you live by the sea, as near salt water?

Here in San Francisco the cars that are parked by the ocean, and I mean 500' away from the water, have rust everywhere.

 

Yah, it was near the ocean for the first couple years of its life. The corrosion isn't widespread. At least it doesn't appear to be. Some of the corrosion-susceptible parts have been affected, but the important stuff seems to be fine.

 

Not tucked in. Supposed to be like the upper portion (above the latch). If it's been that way for some time, you may want to carefully run a hair dryer over the parts that were tucked in to get them to lay flat again.
Buy new hardware for those latches (screws/bolts): once that nasty s**t gets started, it can spread and cause havoc in places you can't see. Stop it early.