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[shadey1963]

One of these may help to see what is going on in there

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Pipe-PC-USB-Borescope-Endoscope-Inspection-Camera-Scope-/140748309764?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item20c540c504#ht_3583wt_1139

[frash da bucket]

My outer rubber strips are sitting in on mine,both sides,no clips have been like that for 15 years,have done speeds up to 80 mph and more and still there.

Regards John.

[madtoranajzedded]

Old thread .being trying to find pics of how to install
these for a mate in melb..photo buckets #@$^%& it.

So is my mate just better off taking the clips off and
Sikaflexing them on..what he's saying hes tried the
clips both ways, one way just wont hold to the frame
and the other way holds the frame but not the rubbers.
Also mentioned they dont fit the frame and when he
pushes the rubbers it bends the ends.hes going to show
some pics tomorrow..

[madtoranajzedded]

Thanks Gong.i will pass it on..

Cheers maz

[grumpy xu1]

Good Work Rares, Another nqr product at an expensive price, how about picking up the game a little.

[lctriples]

Also having huge dramas with fitting external doorstrips to LJ coupe windows, do I just chuck clips in bin and use sixaflex like john mentioned above? Just thought I'd check before racing down to bunnings tmrw, also is this sikaflex to get?  (Sika 290ml Black Sikaflex-111 Stick and Seal Construction Adhesive)

Cheers in advance paul.

 

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[sibhs]

Hi Paul, I don't worry too much about the brand, just make sure it's a polyurethane. I tried the clips on LJ and gave up and used polyurethane. It's also good for filling those little bits on the flip window frame.

 

Marty

[S pack]

never going to work if you are trying to fit the clips like you have this one shown on the weather strip.

 

The longest leg of the clip goes on the other side of the weather strip, facing the window.

[lctriples]

Marty, Dave, thanks for that, really appreciate it. Dave: I agree, this is what rares supplied in packaging with weatherstrip and are as useless as ashtray on a motorbike.

[S pack]

The clips appear to be the same as the originals. I wasn't meaning to imply they are totally useless. I was merely wondering if you were installing the clips arse about.

Edited by S pack, 27 August 2020 - 07:21 AM.

[lctriples]

No i tried installing them the correct way and simply pushed it on this way for photo. The bottom of "U" shape in clip is not wide enough for weatherstrip and metal strip on door, barely wide enough for strip alone. Could easily make my own clips up i suppose but might be easier to stick on with Sikaflex. Why is polyurethane important, is that for flexibilty/paintable/easy to remove? Now if only i was allowed to leave the house, might be a job that has to wait after house arrest in melb finishes in a few weeks.

[jd lj]

Using those clips will likely scratch through the paint leaving it exposed to moisture and therefore rust. I'd use sikaflex. I've got the original clips for my car but won't use them for that reason.

[S pack]

Using those clips will likely scratch through the paint leaving it exposed to moisture and therefore rust. I'd use sikaflex. I've got the original clips for my car but won't use them for that reason.

Scratch what paint? The only paint they could scratch cannot even be seen. It is the back side of the flange the weatherstrip mates up to. About the only paint that would be on that area would be any overspray that might have crept up in there during the painting process and it will already be scratched from the the original clips.
 

[S pack]

No i tried installing them the correct way and simply pushed it on this way for photo. The bottom of "U" shape in clip is not wide enough for weatherstrip and metal strip on door, barely wide enough for strip alone. Could easily make my own clips up i suppose but might be easier to stick on with Sikaflex. Why is polyurethane important, is that for flexibilty/paintable/easy to remove? Now if only i was allowed to leave the house, might be a job that has to wait after house arrest in melb finishes in a few weeks.

OK, did you make up and use the clip installing tool that GMH recommend using. I found it was pretty much impossible to install the clips without it.
 

[grumpy xu1]

OK, did you make up and use the clip installing tool that GMH recommend using. I found it was pretty much impossible to install the clips without it.
 

I think that you need to post up a photo of the tool Dave, I'm certainly going to have to make 1 for the lc & mine ect.

[jd lj]

Scratch what paint? The only paint they could scratch cannot even be seen. It is the back side of the flange the weatherstrip mates up to. About the only paint that would be on that area would be any overspray that might have crept up in there during the painting process and it will already be scratched from the the original clips.
 

My point is why increase the opportunities for rust to start.

[sibhs]

No i tried installing them the correct way and simply pushed it on this way for photo. The bottom of "U" shape in clip is not wide enough for weatherstrip and metal strip on door, barely wide enough for strip alone. Could easily make my own clips up i suppose but might be easier to stick on with Sikaflex. Why is polyurethane important, is that for flexibilty/paintable/easy to remove? Now if only i was allowed to leave the house, might be a job that has to wait after house arrest in melb finishes in a few weeks.

Sikaflex is a brand not a product. Polyurethane sticks like shit and remains a bit flexible and can be painted over. 

[S pack]

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[lx308]

Agree Dave. Once I made up that tool the clips fitted alot easier. No chance without it. Annoying little frOckers

[lctriples]

Marty: cheers makes sense. Dave: thanks for that, will make one up over the weekend. Even though this thread was started years ago, hopefully will help people in the future as was a great help. Thanks guys!

[S pack]

My point is why increase the opportunities for rust to start.

James I appreciate where you are coming from. Rust is the enemy, however in the scheme of things I believe major rusting of that metal flange that could be attributed directly to the two tiny little barbs on each of those clips is extremely low if not zero to none.

 

I wouldn't use sikaflex or equivalent to adhere the weatherstrips on as they would be a cnut to ever get them off if you needed to, but that's just me.

Scratch a lot more paint cutting them off with a knife.
 

Edited by S pack, 27 August 2020 - 07:54 PM.

[S pack]

weatherstrip dummied up on a HB door skin. The strip is not sitting down as far as it should and the weatherstrip should not protrude down past the metal flange it mates to when it is correctly positioned  P1040139 01.jpg   214.9K   6 downloads.

 

[GTR-1]

I bent this up out of a piece of aluminium.

Using the right sort of clips for the job will make it easier.

Have successfully done 3 cars using this tool and clips without the need of any type of adhesive.

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Edited by GTR-1, 30 August 2020 - 05:53 AM.