salukijac

Does your outer window seal (squeegee) run the entire length of the window or is there about an inch gap? Mine has some play close to an inch so you can slide it back and forth.

I washed the car yesterday and this morning when I rolled down the window, it was still wet.

During the last visit to the mechanic they had to replace the window regulator and they said the window support bar was rusting.

Does this seal keep the water from entering the door? Should it run the entire length of the window? I was thinking about ordering new ones but not if there going to be the same length.

theiceman

mine did shrink over time and my replacenment ones covered the whole window. I found them really easy to replace having a targa too . Not sure how dificult it is in the coupe as I don't have the whole window surround.

GothingNC

Thanks Iceman for adding another project to my "list"

John

salukijac

Here are a couple of pics of what mine look like. I'm surprised that they would shrink that much.

rusnak

I heard the same thing about shrinkage, not that I would know anything about that...ahem.

theiceman

was your car in the pool ?

Yep John you will have to spend all of about $6.00 per side on this one , and about 4 minutes for us Targa guys.

theiceman

oops , that was a bit bigger than I expected. now I know why porno stars don't like hi def. You see every blemish ...

salukijac

Thanks theiceman,
Amazing, isn't it? And that's on a car that spends most of its time garaged...either that or the seals come in different lengths and I have the wrong one. On to pelican to order replacements.

theiceman

Actually they do shrink , not many of our cars have he correct length anymore cause people don't hink of replacing them . When I walk around Hershey they are ALL shrunk ..

84_Carrera

I just ordered up all new seals for my '84 Cab while doing the soft top replacement this month. I should have them Friday if I can get the Fedex driver to leave them...

theiceman

You just better hop it's Not Doug Heffernan delivering them ..

If you guys are off Good Friday down there looks like you will have a long weekend to get some work done...

GothingNC

Iceman,

Just checked the seals out on my Targa and they are in almost new condition

PO had them replaced along with the door seals.

I also discovered that the door-stay reinforcement kit is already installed,

John

theiceman

wow great news .. I had to put on the door stay enforcement kit last year as my door was torn when i got it. I got to it just in time. That is one project i would recomend for absolutely everyone with cars of our generation. MAkes you wonder about the seals for the window , easy to do yet so many need doing

GothingNC

Next seal that might need to be replaced is the rear Targa Window.

It is not leaking but is getting hard in spots.

Jihn

theiceman

that's the spensive one no ?