help with the window felt
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Stafford Va
help with the window felt
I can build a whole damn car but installing the outer window felts are kicking my ***. The widow is installed so elongated the holes for the pins is not an option. Then trying to press them in with the window in is a @##. I was thinking of shavings some of the tabs, I can get the front two in and the last one sorta but that's it. Any ideas are welcomed,thanks
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2010
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From: Valdosta Georgia
I got a set from Ecklers a couple of years ago, they didn't fit right, nothing lined up, tried a different set, same issue. Ecklers worked with me and refunded the cost of the parts. Got a set from Willcox, snapped right in.
Former Vendor
Joined: Aug 2006
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From: Jeffersonville Indiana 812-288-7103
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15
When the good (and they are not always perfect) repro's were not available, we'd get the generic wipes and modify them as needed. By generic I mean the rubber wipers with no hair type that were made by PUI.... at the time it was all there was available.
We would first cut off about 2/3rds of the rubber wipe (it was too long and would actually slow down the power window motor so much,, the glass wouldn't roll up). Then we would use a die grinder and cut down the width of the retaining clips to which ever side they needed it. In most cases the clips would be within 1/8" of making it in the hole so we would just trim off 1/8" or a tad more from that one clip and roll on with it. If screw or rivet was needed to retain the clip (sounds nuts but it is also true), we had a stop plug on the drill to make sure we didn't penetrate the door skin in error.
Maybe this is an option for you....
Willcox
We would first cut off about 2/3rds of the rubber wipe (it was too long and would actually slow down the power window motor so much,, the glass wouldn't roll up). Then we would use a die grinder and cut down the width of the retaining clips to which ever side they needed it. In most cases the clips would be within 1/8" of making it in the hole so we would just trim off 1/8" or a tad more from that one clip and roll on with it. If screw or rivet was needed to retain the clip (sounds nuts but it is also true), we had a stop plug on the drill to make sure we didn't penetrate the door skin in error.
Maybe this is an option for you....
Willcox
Melting Slicks
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: Dunedin NZ.
My new wipers wouldn't line up on all holes so I removed the pins that didn't (they were crimped to the wiper rail) drilled new holes for them in the correct place and then crimped them back in place, worked perfectly.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2002
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From: Stafford Va
When the good (and they are not always perfect) repro's were not available, we'd get the generic wipes and modify them as needed. By generic I mean the rubber wipers with no hair type that were made by PUI.... at the time it was all there was available.
We would first cut off about 2/3rds of the rubber wipe (it was too long and would actually slow down the power window motor so much,, the glass wouldn't roll up). Then we would use a die grinder and cut down the width of the retaining clips to which ever side they needed it. In most cases the clips would be within 1/8" of making it in the hole so we would just trim off 1/8" or a tad more from that one clip and roll on with it. If screw or rivet was needed to retain the clip (sounds nuts but it is also true), we had a stop plug on the drill to make sure we didn't penetrate the door skin in error.
Maybe this is an option for you....
Willcox
We would first cut off about 2/3rds of the rubber wipe (it was too long and would actually slow down the power window motor so much,, the glass wouldn't roll up). Then we would use a die grinder and cut down the width of the retaining clips to which ever side they needed it. In most cases the clips would be within 1/8" of making it in the hole so we would just trim off 1/8" or a tad more from that one clip and roll on with it. If screw or rivet was needed to retain the clip (sounds nuts but it is also true), we had a stop plug on the drill to make sure we didn't penetrate the door skin in error.
Maybe this is an option for you....
Willcox
