Door window weather stripping

[87gtVIC]

[Brown_Muscle]

sweet guys! glad we could be of help and let us know how it goes!

[johnunit]

that trunk seal is also available from Rockauto.

For us Canadian and overseas people, it might be cheaper to tack it onto a rockauto order because of the shipping being combined.

[1987cp]

I'm not seeing it offhand, is this 96" piece of window channel long enough to do two-door windows? I seem to recall Tom using a JCWhitney product on his two-door, as opposed to this Metro product, which looks like an excellent fit.

I guess I could always get out my tape measure and make some estimates ... but even knowing how much was trimmed when doing the front doors on a four-door would be potentially useful.

[87gtVIC]

Yeah it is enough. Off hand I believe the length for a tudor w/vent is 84" or so and w/o vent would be very similar.

[87gtVIC]

I just installed this myself yesterday. Worked beautifully. Little trick on the corners....chop little slits in the back side of the weatherstripping around 2" total length near the bend or corner...making sure not to chop away at the actual face of the weatherstripping. This allows the material to bend neatly into a corner or bend without having to worry about siliconing edges back together.


Attached is a picture to show what I am talking about

[Brown_Muscle]

that was at my 120?? degree angle bend...with the 90 degree area did this work as well?

[87gtVIC]

Yes sir... worked great there. In fact I only cut slits for the 90 bend.

I installed NOS weatherstripping and this aftermarket piece yesterday. They both are very close looking in fit and finish. The NOS stuff was just perfect though. Nice and firm getting into the window channels...not as rubbery as the aftermarket stuff but still really good to use since NOS is no more. Was a bit of a pain getting this aftermarket piece lined up correctly in the window channel but it is definitely worth it.

Some question that arose were about it fitting in the vent window channel...It fit well, just about identical to the fit of the NOS weatherstripping in the vent channel. Just does not sit fully in the channel so you see about a 16th of an inch sticking out. Looks factory new though. No complaints from me as of yet.

In one way I am happier with the aftermarket piece because the NOS was was so thick with my vent shade and clips that the window has a tough time getting fully closed. It will wear in but that was one annoyance. The aftermarket piece allows the window to be closed fully with no assistance.

I definitely recommend it to anyone...and you need muscle to work with it as it is not easy.

[Brown_Muscle]

hmmm i hope my silicone holds up...but sounds like a solid technic for future buyers to use

[87gtVIC]

Your silicone will be fine.

[gadget73]

wish I'd known the slit trick. I cut mine at the face and it has a slight air leak at the corner that I have yet to seal up. Maybe the vent window runs on a Lincoln are different, but I just could not get that stuff jammed in there. I had to get a different style so it fit proper.

[87gtVIC]

Yes. Thanks for making that clear as I dont believe it has been mentioned in this thread as of yet. But for crown vics and grand marqs...getting away with one solid piece is possible.

[marquisman]

well, time to blow the dust off this mother. the channel rubbers on my lincoln have come to the point, where they are falling apart chunk by chunk. to you guys(dave and phil), how has your rubbers held up? i think im going to order 3 96'' lengths to do both my doors.

[sly]

if you guys can find the rubber channel end blocks (little pointy shiny parts - yeah... me and technical terms)... my driver door needs one. the rubber itself is fine for the most part though.

[87gtVIC]

well, time to blow the dust off this mother. the channel rubbers on my lincoln have come to the point, where they are falling apart chunk by chunk. to you guys(dave and phil), how has your rubbers held up? i think im going to order 3 96'' lengths to do both my doors.

Mine are superb. I highly recommend talking to Thain first though as I remember him saying they didnt fit magnificently in his "Lincoln" channels. Otherwise mine are like stock ones. I couldnt complain one bit.

if you guys can find the rubber channel end blocks (little pointy shiny parts - yeah... me and technical terms)... my driver door needs one. the rubber itself is fine for the most part though.

I do not know what you are referring to.