Door weather stripping

[vfdbuddy]

I am in the process of getting my bronco painted. Its just about all prepped. Im not sure what to do with the holes for the lower door frame where the weather stripping goes. The weather stripping has small pin like tabs that are inserted into the holes to hold it in place. Should I have them covered up (I can always drill them out later if I put the weather stripping back on) or should I leave them and put the weather stripping on after paint. What is everyone else doing? I think it looks cleaner without but on the fence about what to do. I'm in socal and we never get rain, but i dont want to have water issues either. Thanks for the help.

 

[Slowleak]

Leave them and put the rubber on after painting. Thats the way Ford did it and it will be better than drilling thru fresh paint.

Another option, if you might go without the seals down the road, fill the holes and paint it. Them remove the pins from the seals and just glue the rubber on. The glue can be easily removed.


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[JAFO]

What Slowleak said about removing the pins. What I found was, every vendor's weather stripping fits poorly (too thick and stiff, causing door closure issues). At the bottom where you normally pin it in place, I ended up cutting off that layer of weather stripping that holds the pins and instead glued the stripping in place with that strip gone. Removing that strip made the weather stripping a tad bit thinner and I found my door closure issue was solved. This was the Wild Horses weather strip where they claimed no door issues. Well, yes there are.

So, if you don't like the holes, cover them. You can glue the stripping on if needed later.

 

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X2 on removing pins from rubber lower seals then glue on, which will cover the holes from view. Also, I just purchased and installed Delconicks (classic broncos member) new rubber lower seals which helped, dramatically, in being able to close the door without slamming the snot out of it.

The key to gluing on seals with or without pins is to apply a thin bead on both sides (rubber and metal), spread adhesive along surfaces, let it get tacky apply one small bead on, only, one of sides, again, then press rubber seal on. If you do it in this way, the rubber seal will act like contact cement and will stick instantaneously, which results in no need for pins to hold rubber in place, less mess, and no need for clamps while you wait for adhesive to dry.

Good luck