door/window seal question
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Burning Brakes
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From: Manassas VA/Flagler Beach FL
St. Jude Donor '13,'19
door/window seal question
Do you have to pull the inner door panels off and take the windows out to replace inner door/window seals? How about the outer seals? Does anyone know or have a link to the procedure? Car's an 85 coupe.
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St. Jude '03-'04-'05-'06-'07
Remove door panel, drill out rivits, install and pop-rivit back in place... This has been covered before - search and include archives should find your answer.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13,'19
Thanks! I searched before I posted but forgot to include archives. Found procedures for inner (remove door panel) and outer (door panel removal not neccessary).
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
Inner seals are stapled to the door panels. The door panels are probably broken to pieces at the staples. You might have to reinforce the panels there to attach any sort of new weatherstripping.
The outer ones clip to the fiberglass door panel in about 4 places then there's a rivet on each end. Drill out the rivets, undo the fukyu clips and install you're new piece. When you try to remove them you'll figure out why they're called fukyu clips.
The outer ones clip to the fiberglass door panel in about 4 places then there's a rivet on each end. Drill out the rivets, undo the fukyu clips and install you're new piece. When you try to remove them you'll figure out why they're called fukyu clips.
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '13,'19
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You might have to reinforce the panels there to attach any sort of new weatherstripping.
Since I can't get replacement panels for my 35th Anna I had to rebuild my door panels before installing the inner window seal strips.
Once the panel had been preped I clamped the inner seal to the door panel and drilled two very small holes for the new staples, pushed in the new staples and bent them flat with plyers. I moved the clamps down the door panel putting in a few more staples than on the OEM strip. It sounds tedious but really didn't take much time and looks OEM.
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