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Toms007
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Well, today I spent about 8 hours on a job I was not looking forward to…..changing the A and B pillar weather-striping. I was reluctant because of all the horror stories I had heard about the weather striping not fitting properly, leaking more after the install, all the usual suspects.
I am not going to tell you this was the easiest job, but it was manageable and any one with average skills. Patience is the key and test fitting the w/s is essential. Vtvette (from Corvetteforum) is to be commended for his guidance. I was so involved with the work that I didn’t take any pictures, but it is really pretty straightforward. I bought the w/s from LoneStar Muscle car, I feel this w/s is very good and matched the w/s that was on the car very well.
The most difficult part of the job is removing the old w/s adhesive, my local parts store didn’t have the adhesive remover, so I resulted to carefully scraping it off and using a little lacquer thinner to rub out the remaining stuff. The doors now shut very solidly, and the top didn’t go back on too easy either. I had to work to get the new w/s compressed enough to get the bolts to start.
I am so happy to have this job done, I certainly hope that this will help stop the minor leak at the front of the door when it rained hard…time will tell.
I am not going to tell you this was the easiest job, but it was manageable and any one with average skills. Patience is the key and test fitting the w/s is essential. Vtvette (from Corvetteforum) is to be commended for his guidance. I was so involved with the work that I didn’t take any pictures, but it is really pretty straightforward. I bought the w/s from LoneStar Muscle car, I feel this w/s is very good and matched the w/s that was on the car very well.
The most difficult part of the job is removing the old w/s adhesive, my local parts store didn’t have the adhesive remover, so I resulted to carefully scraping it off and using a little lacquer thinner to rub out the remaining stuff. The doors now shut very solidly, and the top didn’t go back on too easy either. I had to work to get the new w/s compressed enough to get the bolts to start.
I am so happy to have this job done, I certainly hope that this will help stop the minor leak at the front of the door when it rained hard…time will tell.
I guess I am not done developing yet! I found Lonestar on ebay a couple months ago. Their pricing looks great. Glad to hear the product is good. It gets to 109 in SW Kansas?!?!? Oh Doctor!:crazy
