Need help with weatherstripping

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Dennis Gerard

Dennis Gerard

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I'm about to install my weather stripping on the top/glass meet , here's my question

Got some pieces that are soft and 2 pieces that are a harder rubber ?
And do I cut them at angles to fit?

Got them from soffseal
 
No cutting is required if you have the correct seal. We are talking windshield?
 
The OEM seals are cut at v shape between the seals in one spot.

Unless your seals have extra material I would not cut them with the v. It is probably better for water tightness, but would be hard to reproduce

I had two seal kits before I installed one set. As I recall one set had a hard / dense seal And the other set had both seals the same hard / denseness.

I went with the kit where both were the same, don't know if it was a good idea or not.

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Shouldn't need glue. OEM maybe had a small dab at each end of each seal.
 
Late to the game here, but I just replaced mine this weekend.

After removing the old seal, and cleaning out the channel, I slid in the new seal through all three frame sections as one piece, making sure I didn't stretch the new seal. I actually tried to bunch up the new seal on install so when the rubber gets old and shrinks a bit, it will still seal at the two pivot joints in the frame. Then I used a new razor blade to see-saw through the seal at the two frame joints.

Now if someone would take out their crayons and draw me a picture on how to adjust the side windows to the new top seal, I'd be their new best friend for ever. I have the Dodge Tec Manual for my '64 and the graphic details for adjusting are too fine and the description doesn't make sense to my 66 yo brain.

But the seals look great!
 
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