View Full Version : Doors "T" weatherstripping
Frank818
10-30-2016, 06:46 PM
FFR mentions using T weatherstripping for the doors surrounds. It doesn't come with the kit and they don't say what type of T.
All I've seen for cars where T shaped for windshields.
What have you used?
RM1SepEx
10-31-2016, 07:46 AM
they sent me some stuff when I asked, it didn't look like a tee and it didn't work anyway. I didn't use any
Frank818
10-31-2016, 09:15 AM
Ok so I won't contact them if that stripping wasn't very good.
Is there air and/or dust flowing from the door's gap and inside the cockpit?
Or would the stripping only be for water?
AZPete
10-31-2016, 03:14 PM
Frank, I'm also puzzled by the door weatherstrip. The double rubber bulb strip supplied by FFR, #81398, might be what is intended but it came folded up so it is full of permanent creases and I won't use it, and it's just adhesive so will come off. I just ordered #60-0054-99 from Steele Rubber Products which is a 1/2" bulb on a 3/4" tab. I plan on sandwiching the tab between the door panel and the door skin along the back and bottom edges, but I don't have it yet. I'll reply once I get the stuff and the time to install it.
Frank818
10-31-2016, 06:22 PM
Pete, that's cool, I'm not the only one. If I understand how they work, after sandwiching the tab it will expose the round strip which will squeeze between the door and side sail (where the frame tubes are)?
AZPete
11-01-2016, 10:47 AM
yup, at least that's the plan.
Harley818
11-01-2016, 01:56 PM
I'm at the same point and was considering the same as AZPete but was puzzled by the "T" comment. I guess I wasn't the only one that didn't get any.
I'll be posting pics of my door install this week.
AZPete
01-25-2017, 02:34 PM
It's been nearly 3 months but I finally installed the bulb seal to my door inside edge and I like it. This is from Steele Rubber Products, p/n 60-0054-99, and it is a 1/2" bulb on a 3/4" tab. I ordered 12 feet at $4.40/ft. I sandwiched the tab between the inner door panel and the fiberglass door shell so the 1/2" bulb seals against the "threshold" of the door opening. In addition to sealing out wind and noise, it gives the door a nice firm feel when it closes.
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Frank818
01-26-2017, 06:17 PM
You rock, AZ! One of the best OEM finished 818 out here, that I've seen.
Not sure how that seal would be useful when no top, though. Thoughts?
AZPete
01-26-2017, 06:33 PM
Hey, Frank, this may not be very useful with no top. Oh wait, if you want to use the 818 as a hot tub this might keep the water from leaking out. Plus, since you are in Canada and it's January maybe a small hockey rink would be better, eh? . . . . You asked for thoughts.
Wayne Presley
01-27-2017, 09:15 PM
It's been nearly 3 months but I finally installed the bulb seal to my door inside edge and I like it. This is from Steele Rubber Products, p/n 60-0054-99, and it is a 1/2" bulb on a 3/4" tab. I ordered 12 feet at $4.40/ft. I sandwiched the tab between the inner door panel and the fiberglass door shell so the 1/2" bulb seals against the "threshold" of the door opening. In addition to sealing out wind and noise, it gives the door a nice firm feel when it closes.
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