top door rubber

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fiat218
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top door rubber

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how do u get that in, door rubber is thicker then the orginal, or it was just crimped in fter it was installed, anyways i spread my chrome peice a tad to get it in then i took a screw driver and hammer to crimp it back again, there has to be a better way
any one ever change theses.
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
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manoa matt
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If your stretch the rubber window scraper it will thin out enough to slip into the stainless trim piece. I would not use a lubricant as the rubber will just slip out again.
fiat218
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manoa matt wrote:If your stretch the rubber window scraper it will thin out enough to slip into the stainless trim piece. I would not use a lubricant as the rubber will just slip out again.
I got them in, I basically open up the ridge a tad and put it in, back on the car then took a flat screw driver and hit it with a hammer to put the crease tighter again, seems to work
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
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also a touch of yellow weatherstrip adheasive in the bottom of the channel works well too, just not too much
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BEEK wrote:also a touch of yellow weatherstrip adheasive in the bottom of the channel works well too, just not too much
Ok thanks
Jim
East Grand Forks MN
1970 Fiat Spider BS1 ( FOR SALE
1969 124 AS Spider
2017 Abrath
2018 Alfa Romeo 4c Spider
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