Advice on roof rail weatherseals / 66 coupe

[Micks66coupe]

I brought roof rail weather seals for our 66 coupe, before I start I would welcome any advice. I also got the recommended 3M contact to use as well. Thinking at the moment after I remove the old seals I can dry test fit the new seals starting at the front where they are screwed in, what I'm worried about is the instant contact issue with the 3M product (no room for error)

Really hoping to get this right the first time, any advice from those who have done this job would be welcome.

[barnett468]

I brought roof rail weather seals for our 66 coupe, before I start I would welcome any advice. I also got the recommended 3M contact to use as well. Thinking at the moment after I remove the old seals I can dry test fit the new seals starting at the front where they are screwed in, what I'm worried about is the instant contact issue with the 3M product (no room for error)

Really hoping to get this right the first time, any advice from those who have done this job would be welcome.

clean the rubber off with lacquer thinner to remove the mold release compound.

install it dry ad mark it and the body every 10" so you have a guide for the length so you end up at the correct place.

i always use weatherstrip adhesive and put a piece of low stick tape on the seal to the body every 10" to hold it in place.

be prepared for yoir doors and windows to not close properly.

[GEOFF289]

be prepared for yoir doors and windows to not close properly.

Yes, be very prepared. Six years or so after putting new rubbers on both doors my passenger door still requires a harder shove to close properly than should be necessary. The driver's door is OK now as that gets a great deal more use. that Rubber Magic stuff from Rarespares helps.

[Micks66coupe]

Thanks for the advice, have taken old seals out and cleaned the inside of the roof rails and did a test fit this afternoon, think I'll be taking my time gluing the new one in by doing it about 12"at a time. When dry fitting it I found you can push the inner lip in first then focus on the outer one, think by final fitting a small section at a time I shouldn't get into any issues with the black 3M adhesive

[birdman]

I brought roof rail weather seals for our 66 coupe, before I start I would welcome any advice. I also got the recommended 3M contact to use as well. Thinking at the moment after I remove the old seals I can dry test fit the new seals starting at the front where they are screwed in, what I'm worried about is the instant contact issue with the 3M product (no room for error)

Really hoping to get this right the first time, any advice from those who have done this job would be welcome.

Other than using some double sided tape to position the rail, no adhesive needed for the seals at all and after 8 yrs the seals are still intact without any problems. From memory i'm sure i used the Daniel Carpenter seals.