Removing Weather Strips

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Sun May 20, 2012 11:36 pm

Hey guys,
Does anyone here know how to safely remove the weather strips?
They're pealing really badly on Nick's car and we want to remove them to clean, and then repair

Website · Post by **Lawso** » Mon May 21, 2012 12:35 am

don't quote me on this, but i'll take a stab at a hair dryer and a bunch of care.

ObsidianRadio · Post by **ObsidianRadio** » Mon May 21, 2012 1:15 am

I just want to rip mine off and see what happens :@

THEY sh*t ME OFF SO BAD.

ZFL45H1 · Post by **ZFL45H1** » Mon May 21, 2012 4:54 am

I ripped mine off and it left marks which I haven't remove yet I think to this is more annoying just to let u know what your in for hahaha

phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Mon May 21, 2012 5:38 am

forgive me, but is the weather strips the one right above the window?? ... cause fk mine are gaylord, i was going to tape everything around and get a spray can lol

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Mon May 21, 2012 7:33 am

Yup that's the ones, we're going to strip them right Back and respray them.
So they're just glued on?

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:46 am

phi-tec wrote:forgive me, but is the weather strips the one right above the window?? ... cause fk mine are gaylord, i was going to tape everything around and get a spray can lol

I did that, looks much better!

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:22 am

Did you strip it to bare metal?

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:31 am

Technikhaus wrote:Did you strip it to bare metal?

Nope - did a lazy job and just sprayed over the top.
Still much much better.

The other side is much worse and I will need to sand it a touch to get right.

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:46 am

Ah ok.. The one we're trying to do needs stripping right back, as it has badly flaked

Which is the reason we want to take It off. From what I've gathered, its Glued on?

Any ideas how we would put it back on?

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:52 am

Technikhaus wrote:Ah ok.. The one we're trying to do needs stripping right back, as it has badly flaked
Which is the reason we want to take It off. From what I've gathered, its Glued on?

Any ideas how we would put it back on?

There's a rubber strip - (Think that's glued).
Then once that's removed you can then access the 3 or4 screws that are holding it in.

ObsidianRadio · Post by **ObsidianRadio** » Mon May 21, 2012 2:34 pm

OKAY, SO:

1. Rip the giant gaylord rubber strip off.
2. Un-screw the four gaylord screws.
3. Sand back the gaylord strip.
4. Re-spray the gaylord strip.

IS THIS RIGHT? IF SO, I'M DOING IT.

bass_twitch · Post by **bass_twitch** » Mon May 21, 2012 3:27 pm

ObsidianRadio wrote:OKAY, SO:

1. Rip the giant gaylord rubber strip off.
2. Un-screw the four gaylord screws.
3. Sand back the gaylord strip.
4. Re-spray the gaylord strip.

IS THIS RIGHT? IF SO, I'M DOING IT.

Pretty much

Sahin · Post by **Sahin** » Tue May 22, 2012 9:30 pm

ObsidianRadio wrote:OKAY, SO:

Im a gaylord stripper

Connor_1994 · Post by **Connor_1994** » Tue May 22, 2012 10:02 pm

^^^LOL^^^

ill be doing this too haha, mine have been bugging for a while,

Technikhaus · Post by **Technikhaus** » Tue May 22, 2012 11:51 pm

Gave it an attempt yesterday, turned out all right.
to remove the strips:
1. remove rubber seal
2. remove screws

putting the seal back on wasn't fun....

the paint job itself was ok, we didn't sand it right back to bare metal, so the spots where it had flaked are better than where it still had the original paint.
One day we will redo it, but it will require a lot of sanding...

ObsidianRadio · Post by **ObsidianRadio** » Thu May 24, 2012 1:14 am

Sahin wrote:
ObsidianRadio wrote:OKAY, SO:

Im a gaylord stripper

Doing it this weekend. Will let you all know how it goes! Will be a little more thorough with the sanding...

FTO AUSTRALIA