Installing Interior Window Sweep
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Steve,
I would suggest when you're doing the inner sweeps to either reuse the existing holes or pre-drill them for the staples. The ivory colored plastic composite that is used on the upper door panels are usually quite brittle. Just be cautious. You breathe on them wrong and they crack.
I suppose you can also rivet them on. That might be safer than using staples.
I would suggest when you're doing the inner sweeps to either reuse the existing holes or pre-drill them for the staples. The ivory colored plastic composite that is used on the upper door panels are usually quite brittle. Just be cautious. You breathe on them wrong and they crack.
I suppose you can also rivet them on. That might be safer than using staples.
I didn't see any plastic composite on the upper door panels. The cap on my door panels is thin metal and I'm redoing the upper panels with new material and new backing. I using 1/8" hardbord/masonite. I have coated them with waterproof sealer since that picture
When I did them on my 2+2 I used a thin blade screwdriver to pry open the old staples and a pliers to open the staple and remove the old sweep from the door panel.
Then I placed the new sweep on the door and clamped it to the door panel and drilled holes through the sweep and panel and reused the old staples. I then bent the staple ends over by first bending the legs over as much as a could with a needle nose and then clamping them with a channel lock.
Hardest part was making sure nothing moved when drilling the holes, you want slight pressure on the sweep pulling down for the reveal molding to be flush but you have to push a rubber flange down sightly so it deforms to the door.
Then I placed the new sweep on the door and clamped it to the door panel and drilled holes through the sweep and panel and reused the old staples. I then bent the staple ends over by first bending the legs over as much as a could with a needle nose and then clamping them with a channel lock.
Hardest part was making sure nothing moved when drilling the holes, you want slight pressure on the sweep pulling down for the reveal molding to be flush but you have to push a rubber flange down sightly so it deforms to the door.
Forgot to say mine didn't have holes.
Your going to have to do a good job putting the steel top part on your masonite panel and having the screw holes align.
Your going to have to do a good job putting the steel top part on your masonite panel and having the screw holes align.
I actually planned to do that since I picked up the uppers from a Cutlass that has good sweeps on them thinking all the sweeps were the same on G bodys.....
I have a plan for that, install the lower panel, install the backing for the upper into the lower panel and then put the cap in place, drill a few 1/8" holes and use clecos to hold it in place. Remove it and glue it together...
I guess 4-dr/wagon door panels are constructed differently. Sorry about that.
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I'm not, the plastic composite must be seriously dried out after all these years....
it probably has something to do with the length of the part that they used metal for the 2 doors
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That video actually was an excellent hack using the screws, in my opinion. Gets the job done, and you don't need any extra screw length sticking out the back anyway.
Up to you... those inner sweeps are different than the Cutlass. Are the Montes and Ponchos the same seals? I know Cutlass and Regal are. But I don't think they're the same between the two different groups anyway. Cutlass and Regal have an uptick as it were on the front end. The inner door panel gets a tad taller toward the very front for some reason. I could be wrong, but but that sticks in my brain for some reason. And also, I think the staples are "inside the V" shape of the sweep. Crazy looking things.
Up to you... those inner sweeps are different than the Cutlass. Are the Montes and Ponchos the same seals? I know Cutlass and Regal are. But I don't think they're the same between the two different groups anyway. Cutlass and Regal have an uptick as it were on the front end. The inner door panel gets a tad taller toward the very front for some reason. I could be wrong, but but that sticks in my brain for some reason. And also, I think the staples are "inside the V" shape of the sweep. Crazy looking things.
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