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Any repair available for cracked/missing doors window's weather stripping?
HI,
My doors window's weather stripping is severely dried out & cracked & missing pieces on my stock 116k miles '07 Monte Carlo.
I've attached a pic down below.
I know stripping are suppose to be silicone sprayed annually for a long life and I doubt the previous owner ever did that.
I know stripping is generally intended to do several things like swipe the windows as they are rolled down & also keep leaves from entering and clogging the door's bottom drain holes & also reduce outside noise entering.
But I see that actually there is a heavy felt rubber sweep under the broken up top stripping. So it seems the top one is cosmetic & protection for the lower felt rubber sweep.
I've seen this stripping falling apart early, is a rampant problem for several decades of GM vehicles, because it see much of it at the local salvage yard, they are all pretty bad as my car or worse.
Geeze, the door window weather stripping on my 96 Ford is still in good shape and is a heavier and more flexible quality than the GM.
Does anyone know if OEM replacement weatherstripping is available for our Monte Carlos, & at an affordable price or if it's DIY repairable?
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I'm thinking of trying some very affordable self adhesive cut to length & just place on top replacement stripping from eBay.
I see sellers offer it in 1 meter to 4 meter lengths and width versions of 15mm wide(so just under 1/2", not including its 5mm sweep lip) and 20mm wide(so just over 1/2", not including its 5mm sweep lip).
The OEM sweep lip appears to be about .25" wide while this product's 5mm sweep is about .20" wide. Hopefully the 5mm lip will be wide enough.
I think I'll get the 15mm style because its a fair amount cheaper and will probably fit/look better.
My only concern is how long the double sided tape will hold it on. I'll definitely super clean the surface with rubbing alcohol before attaching.
If it works out well, I may consider installing this product on my other cars to keep the sun from damaging the OEM strip underneath....
I have read about this issue on other forums and I recently was at a U Pull salvage yard and this is a big issue on all the 6th Gen MC's But I think you may have solved the issue with this ebay find.
The window trim is a black aluminum and gets really hot and the weatherstrip just can't take it. I had thought about checking with glass shops to see if they had a solution. But this one you found is Cheap easy to do fix take you time and should have great results.
Definitely curious if you can do something to fix up that weather stripping. Common issue and if you can come up and share a solution, a lot of people would be happy.
As far as the door surround weatherstripping, the driver's door was missing about a 5" area torn out, maybe from closing the seatbelt in the door or someone using a coat hanger to get in.
Anyway I repaired it very well as I've done in the past on other cars, using very versatile and affordable E6000 glue available at Walmart in the paint/glue section And a scrap piece of weatherstripping cut from a salvage yard vehicle. I just used a very sharp knife to cut out the donut hollow shaped stripping, cutting it from it's metal backing. Then cut to length to match the missing area and glue it down as well as the ends to meet the existing stripping.
The glue also works well for repairing tears where there is no material missing.
Apply it to both surfaces and let it start to become more tacky for a minute before bonding together.
This glue is very workable, it rubs off your fingers fairly quickly like snott and can also be rubbed off many unintended surfaces if applied.
I always then take a good thicker-more tear resistant(usually the "transparent" ones) quality scotch tape and tape over the wet glued seams. This keeps the seam from shifting out of place while drying and allows me to close the door and use the vehicle immediately and not worry about the glue sticking to the door.
The scotch tape is removable the next day once the glue is dry or can be left on. The tape will fall off over the years eventually if left on. However it looks best to remove the tape once the glue is dry.
Some glue may come off with the tape but none that isn't extra.
Just want to finally update. This stuff seems to work just great for now to restore and hide the window weather strip edge.
This is a good friend's car so I don't work on it but on occasion. My other friend has a 98 Century, I'll try the same fix on. However on it, there is an OE plastic coating which is peeling off revealing rusting metal underneath. On his, I'll try removing the coating and replacing with a spray paint and then adding this over lay of rubber on the edge. I hope I can fix it for him, it's one of the things he hates about the car which is otherwise in great shape.
Any repair available for cracked/missing doors window's weather stripping?
