It seems to me that Ken posted up about his experience installing his window seals after his car was painted. I can't find that thread to add my own experience to it, so I'll start another one with apologies if there happens to be some overlap. I also know I posted a link on how to do this, from another forum, but can't find it either. (Didn't look very hard though!)

I started off with the driver's rear outer, which it turns out is likely one of the easiest to do.

Window down, 2 screws to remove, one at the front and one near the back. Remove those two, lift up and pull a bit forward on the moulding. You'll be holding the outer seal and moulding assembly in your hand.

Simple swap, bend a few tabs, remove the old one, hold the new one in place, push the tabs through and bend them over. Back to the car, clip it in place, 2 screws and "Bob's your uncle".







On to the inner one, driver's rear.

With the panel removed you can see the staples that are used to hold it on from end to end. Simple enough to remove but a bit time consuming. Bend all the staples back on the inside, pry up on them from the outside and pull them out.






Now here I assume you are just supposed to drill new holes because it would be VERY tough to line up with the old holes, so that's what I did. My smallest drill bit was about the perfect size, maybe 15 thousandths bigger than the staple stem diameter. I used a few miscellaneous little clamps to hold the new seal in place, drilled and installed the middle staple, then worked my way out to each end to avoid buckling it.



I also marked the panel at the ends so I'd have it in the correct spot, front to back.



My car must have been built on a Monday. I removed the old U shaped seal at the bottom front of the quarter window. Removed one screw, looked all over trying to find where the second screw would go. Finally pulled the seal out. The guy must have left early for lunch and never drilled the second hole. The passenger side has both holes...



Off to the driver's side outer now. Looks nasty, and I've been told the glass has to come out. I sometimes don't listen when I'm told things...

I manage to get the 3 screws out that hold it on. Same deal, pull 3 screws, pull back and up to release it from where it's captured at the front by the moulding at the vent window. However, 2 of those 3 screws may have come out not too bad but it's not gonna be fun getting them started on the install because the glass is in the way.

I take the old part, set it on the table to compare it with the new part.On the new part, I notice the big felt block at the back end is partially covering the rear screw hole. You can just see the edge of the hole to the right of the screwdriver tip, most of it is under the block.



RATS! Now what? I finally decide I have no choice but to cut off about 3/8" piece of the block. It won't affect performance any, so out comes the cutoff wheel. These strips are very bendable, with a metal strip in the rubber, so I bend and tape the actual sealing part away so I don't nick it with the wheel.



This is how much I removed.



I installed the seal on the moulding and bent the tabs over, then installed it back on the door. Now for those screws...

The front one is Mr Nasty. I finally got it by coiling a piece of nice light mig wire tightly around it and held it in place using the wire as a handle.



Once I got it started, I gave it a couple of turns with my newly designed screwdriver that I made for this job!



And then it was time to come in and do my time on the exercise bike. I'll update this as I go.

















-- Edited by Carl Stevenson on Tuesday 12th of November 2013 12:28:28 AM