Nice job there. I scratched my head for ages (many times over several years) on how to do those seals. Like you i had much bigger gaps between the door housing and the glass at one end compared to the other, i think the slots were cut very roughly at Quantum.
In the end it was one of the last jobs to do on the car and i resorted to using a bigger seal and sikoflex to glue them in. I didn’t really like doing it, i avoided using sikoflex for 90% of the jobs Quantum suggested using it for. But, i have to say, they did turn out very neat and haven’t fallen off yet. I spent most of my time trying to work out how to fit thin section L rails into the door so i could use the original Push on seals from the Fiesta but the inside of the door was just to rough and uneven to make it really feasible. Jim From: jin Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Quantum Owners] new door waist seals My old ones were terrible, since I’ve had the car they’ve really let it down, so much so I bought some at the first Stoneleigh show I attended after buying the car in the hope to fit them ASAP to vastly improve the appearance……. That was 3 years ago! Trouble is as with each job I do it took 1000% longer than it should since I had 2 issues. 1, I really didn’t like the proposed method of fixing – stupid glue them to the door tops? 2. my passenger side door glass sat 5mm further out (looking down the door from the rear) to the outside of the car than the drivers side, something I found out when fitting the hood, caused some head scratching I can tell you, and some drafts, so to rectify I had to move the glass runners 5mm inwards which would put the door waist seal 5mm further away from the glass, the waist seal already had a big gap to the glass so fixing it to the door top as per build manual with stupid glue is out of the question, there would be no rubber left to bond the door top too (should that be the other way round?) and I could not find another suitable seal to do the job, this caused some real head scratching, which I did plenty of, and came up with a plan. The old seal http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130204_065135_zps631f55e5.jpg All wonky and split, with big gap to glass prior to moving glass 5mm inwards too, rusty and came off in pieces http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130207_063348_zpsa3df8028.jpg New rubber seal bought from Stoneleigh http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130202_110153_zps8246f8f1.jpg New anodised aluminium angle, nice quality with a bevelled edge too http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130202_110133_zps1cfb49d8.jpg Glued the seal long T section to the long side of the L of the aluminium /9yes, using stupid glue but this is intended to make one complete inseparable unit) http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130205_055934_zpsc503c1b9.jpg And inadvertently ended up with flocked fingers….. http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130204_063330_zps50823709.jpg Voilà http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130205_055934_zpsc503c1b9.jpg The extent of the door misalignment side to side http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130206_064315_zps5c12e589.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130206_064358_zps15149b22.jpg I had to file the inner edge of the door top back in to allow the guide to sit in 5mm to match the driver side, then I chocked the runners in the exact position all round (including the quarter glass runner because this was also 4-5mm out side to side) using plastic laminate floor wedges cut to side and bonded in http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130207_063439_zpsb5e0287a.jpg To take up the misalignment from the door glass centre line to the door top cut out I made alloy shims to space the assembly further inwards to meet up with the glass, all the while the alloy angle keeps the rubber T section straight and true http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130211_063255_zpsceb17fe8.jpg The extent of the shimming on the passenger side, bonded with Loctite 469 metal adhesive http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130212_064453_zpse6df45d5.jpg After careful bending in the vice to get the assembly to naturally follow the curve of the door top I put a dab of sickafles on the rear of each spacer, just enough to hold the seal assembly in place secure but without the need to break out the chisel if I need to remove them All done http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130212_070821_zpsbdd28513.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130212_070845_zps2b0c2404.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o192/jindal/2012%20quantum/IMG_20130212_070928_zps6bb2f44d.jpg Neat enough and in the right place too Not bad for 2 weeks work…… Show trimmed content Previous Previous Page 1 NextNext -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. 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