47-55.1 Installing door weather strip on '51 Chevrolet

[LOW A D]

I installed the weather strip on my truck today. I will show you what I did in case anybody else wants to do it the way I did. I am posting this on a separate thread instead of on my build so it will be easier to find. I am not too good with computers so I hope I can do this in a way that makes it easy to understand. I can also only post one pic per post, I'm sure that's my fault, so there will be several posts! First pic is of the weatherstrip I used. I have done this on several trucks with excellent results. I stick the larger weatherstrip on the door and the smaller size on the cab. Because the strips are hollow, they compress to about 1/8 inch together

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I tried to install the weatherstrip with the doors on the truck but gave up and took the doors off. This made the job much easier. This is a pic of the larger strip installed on the door. The weatherstrip is self adhesive so it is easy to apply.

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Another pic of the weatherstrip on the door, I cut it at a 45 degree angle and butted it together on the bottom corner

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This shows the smaller strip attached to the cab. With the two strips together they can close a large gap but still compress to 1/8 inch. I find by using the two strips I can eliminate most wind noise and leaks and the door still closes nicely

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Another shot of the cab side

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Another of the cab at the bottom of the door

[Palf70Step]

I moved it for you. Very interesting method. Thank you for all the info.

[Zippi]

LOW A D,

I tried the SoftSeal door seals Last week on my 49 and it was way to thick for my doors. I checked the gaps in my doors with clay and some area's were as tight as .135". Looks like what you have done may work for me. I did a search on Amazon for the sizes you mentioned but one roll is only 26 feet which I'm not sure will be enough. If I recall SoftSeal sent two strips which measure 15' 7" each and I use 13' 4 1/2" on each door. I found this one but not sure the 160" will be enough. Do you have a link to what you bought? Thanks.

https://www.amazon.com/EtoparsTM-Wea...6-f96e7b0f409c

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step

I moved it for you. Very interesting method. Thank you for all the info.

Thank you for moving this to the right section!

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Zippi- This is the larger weatherstrip I bought, The smaller size came from the same place. I bought it from Amazon.ca which is the canadian site but it I assume it is available in the USA as well. There were many options as to the length of rolls. I bought an eight meter roll of each size which did two doors. I think you will like how this stuff works, Hope this helps

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

Zippi- This is the larger weatherstrip I bought, The smaller size came from the same place. I bought it from Amazon.ca which is the canadian site but it I assume it is available in the USA as well. There were many options as to the length of rolls. I bought an eight meter roll of each size which did two doors. I think you will like how this stuff works, Hope this helps

LOW A D,

Thanks for the info man. Looks like I found what you used. Can't wait to try this as the wife complains every time we go for a ride about the wind noise. Just placed my order. By the way....nice work on your truck dude.

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Originally Posted by Zippi

LOW A D,

Thanks for the info man. Looks like I found what you used. Can't wait to try this as the wife complains every time we go for a ride about the wind noise. Just placed my order. By the way....nice work on your truck dude.

Glad you found it. Did you find the smaller stuff too? I think the trick is using both weatherstrips together. Can you take your doors off to install the weatherstrip? It makes this job much easier!! I didnt want to take mine off because they were lined up perfectly but I ended up taking them off anyway. It wasnt hard to re align them after. Before removing the doors, I drill a 1/4 inch hole through the door and hinge. Then when reinstalling the door, line up the 1/4 inch hole, slide a bolt in and then tighten your door bolts. This will get your door very close to where it was. You may still need to fine tune it a bit but should be close to where it was

[LOW A D]

I just checked Ebay, lots of options there, Search D shaped weatherstrip

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

I just checked Ebay, lots of options there, Search D shaped weatherstrip

LOW A D,

I don't think it's Ebay, Amazon, etc., I think now that with the Covid-19 pandemic is going on a whole lot more people are ordering online now and it's just backing everything up. This may become the normal.

[51 3600]

Searching net for more info about D-shaped molding came across Trim-Lok sold on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Trim-Lok-Rubb...00NL4AWTQ?th=1

American made so maybe delivery might be quicker. Slightly more expensive, minimum length 25' but 12 different sizes. Read on Trim-Lok's site that best function when molding achieves 40% compression when in use.

[Gregski]

what a great write up, outstanding tips, and proper result! thank you for doing this

one question I have is, did you remove the metal strip on the cab that held the original rubber molding, and then just glued on the new smaller D shaped strip to the cab? and if so how did you remove it?

please and thank you

[Zippi]

Only took about a month but my door seals came in later yesterday. This morning I cleaned the DS door and applied the larger "D" shaped seal on the door. I was hoping to shut the door and find no resistance as the smaller seal for the cab has not been applied yet. What I found was the door is very tight and will close if I slam it hard. I had to remove the little rubber door stop off the striker plate. Well.....at least the door did shut this time vs the SoftSeal door seals. I'm not sure why my doors are so tight. It has me baffled.

[Zippi]

Should the bottom seal on the door be applied to the very bottom ledge or to the wall facing the cab? I have mine on the wall facing the cab.

[Zippi]

I tried the bottom seal in both areas and ended up leaving it on the bottom ledge. I adjusted the striker plate and got the door closing pretty good now. The door is sticking out a little but it was a good trade off for having the seals in place.

[LOW A D]

Originally Posted by Zippi

Should the bottom seal on the door be applied to the very bottom ledge or to the wall facing the cab? I have mine on the wall facing the cab.

I put mine on the wall facing the cab, that seemed to work best for me

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by LOW A D

I put mine on the wall facing the cab, that seemed to work best for me

Yeah....my gaps are pretty tight. I put the bigger seal on the door on the passengers side and it was about the same closing the door without the seal. No adjustment to the striker plate was needed. On the drivers side I had to remove the small rubber door stop on the striker plate and adjust the striker plate out (away from the cab) to get the door to close better. No way will the smaller seals work. I don't think either door would shut.

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Originally Posted by Zippi

Only took about a month but my door seals came in later yesterday. This morning I cleaned the DS door and applied the larger "D" shaped seal on the door. I was hoping to shut the door and find no resistance as the smaller seal for the cab has not been applied yet. What I found was the door is very tight and will close if I slam it hard. I had to remove the little rubber door stop off the striker plate. Well.....at least the door did shut this time vs the SoftSeal door seals. I'm not sure why my doors are so tight. It has me baffled.

Glad you finally got your weatherstrip! Does your door close nicely without any weatherstrip? You must have very tight cab to door gaps! Have you tried just putting the smaller weatherstrip on?

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Originally Posted by Gregski

what a great write up, outstanding tips, and proper result! thank you for doing this

one question I have is, did you remove the metal strip on the cab that held the original rubber molding, and then just glued on the new smaller D shaped strip to the cab? and if so how did you remove it?

please and thank you

if you are talking about the metal strip that holds the original windlace in place, yes, i removed it. I just took a sharp chisel and knocked the spot welds off

[layinrocker65]

The seals look really clean how you have them. Time for some new floor mats!

[Zippi]

Originally Posted by layinrocker65

The seals look really clean how you have them. Time for some new floor mats!

Haha....you don't like my red flames??? They Give me 5 more hp