Re: [T3] new door seals

["Travis Keedy" <trav@keedyweb.net>]

What is the best way to keep my door seals in when I
go to install them?...non-harding gasket glue?...
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I could be completely wrong, but this worked for me:  I used the same yellow
3M Weatherstrip adhesive these guys told you about.  I did follow the
directions but I only used it on key areas that needed holding down
(corners, open spots, etc.)  I got the same repro looking (basically just
acceptable) seals you mention, but the good news is with some fiddling they
keep the cold and wet out!  I first went completely around the doors and
slipped the seal under the metal retainer, I didn't glue down the seal where
the retainer is.  They have been like this for a few months with no
problems.  I found after putting them all on and shutting the doors there
were a few areas with minor gaps between the seal and car, in those areas I
simply pulled the seal a little further out of the retaining channel to mate
it up to the pillar surface.


"just got a set from 'bugcity' they are obvious repo's,
and don't have the 'hinge surround'...but hopefully I
wont be able to see outside with the doors"
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On this note, again my solution may not be "conventional" but works.  The
rubber around my hinges is old and tattered but still intact, so I cut away
the old seal above and below this spot and left it attached to the car, I
had to trim my new repro seals at the point where they mated to the hinge
seal.  It's not necessarily pretty but it works well, I could take a picture
for you if you like.

Good Luck and happy sealing ;)
Travis
'66 Fastback
www.keedyweb.net/fastback



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