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Help me help you Seal fitment, Started a new thread to deconstruct this |
Mikey914 |
Aug 10 2022, 04:50 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,677 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
This was brought us as an issue and I'm really trying to figure this out. Any ideas of why the window would look lower and have a gap here.
Here were my thoughts - I keep looking at this and something doesn't look right. Given that the blocks are identical to the factory ones in shape and durometer, what would the solution be here? There appears to be a 1/2" section of rubber not fully seated, Is it holding it out? Could the amount of butyl behind the "chrome" be holding it down slightly? I don't think that would be the whole story. The triangle window looks like the top is seated deeper than the cap. Almost like if the top of the triangle window was shimmed out more it would push the bottom of the cap out more to "close the gap". This appears to be where the failure is - at least in my eyes. I've seen many of the caps worn and look slightly deformed from the top of the glass pushing it out, but not here. It looks like it's barely engaged. Why it would sit lower is beyond me. The initial complaint was it was too tight, which would hold it up. Submitted to the brain trust Attached thumbnail(s) |
bkrantz |
Aug 18 2022, 10:30 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,801 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Not sure what this means, but I took a photo of a straight edge laid along the front of the triangle window. BTW, I did try to shove the glass into the rubber along the front of the channel, and it seems fully (rearward) seated.
Anyway, it looks to me like my alignment problem has to do with how the rubber cap (and the top of the glass) do not align with the rest of the glass edge. Compare to the photo of my car that Mark included in the opening post. Given that the A-pillar, and the attached weatherstrip section, follow a straight line, these two objects will never close together without a gap. Some possible corrections: 1. Make a top cap that projects further forward to line up with the projection of the glass edge. (And also maybe make the cap shorter) 2. Shift the triangle glass so it sits further to the rear or downward. BTW, I used factory vent window rubber. One problem with this solution is that my channel is already adjusted all the way forward, so moving the glass rearward will create a gap from top to bottom. 3. Make the A-pillar rubber extensions of the targa seal more complex, and not a simple extrusion. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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