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Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 11:36 pm
by Technikhaus
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
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 12:35 am
by Lawso
don't quote me on this, but i'll take a stab at a hair dryer and a bunch of care.
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 1:15 am
by ObsidianRadio
I just want to rip mine off and see what happens :@
THEY sh*t ME OFF SO BAD.
Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 4:54 am
by ZFL45H1
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
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 5:38 am
by phi-tec
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
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:33 am
by Technikhaus
Yup that's the ones, we're going to strip them right Back and respray them.
So they're just glued on?
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 9:46 am
by bass_twitch
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!
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:22 am
by Technikhaus
Did you strip it to bare metal?
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:31 am
by bass_twitch
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.
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:46 am
by Technikhaus
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?
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 11:52 am
by bass_twitch
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.
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 2:34 pm
by ObsidianRadio
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.
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 3:27 pm
by bass_twitch
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
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 9:30 pm
by Sahin
ObsidianRadio wrote:OKAY, SO:
Im a gaylord stripper
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 10:02 pm
by Connor_1994
^^^LOL^^^
ill be doing this too haha, mine have been bugging for a while,
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:51 pm
by Technikhaus
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...
Re: Removing Weather Strips
Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 1:14 am
by ObsidianRadio
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...