Weatherstripping for TJ doors PSA
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Rockauto has it for $71.00 plus $12.99 shipping and then add your tax. I could get it for $91.67
I ordered the ones from rock auto and they are the Fairchild’s… got them on Thursday… heavy duty and fit well… I’m satisfied..
I had read some bad reviews on the Fairchild & the Crown. Mostly clips in the wrong place and/or the seals were too long. So, I ordered the APDTY off Amazon after seeing some positive reviews. What showed up were Crown seals. I returned them and asked for what I ordered. I once again received Crown seals. I called and asked what was going on and they informed me that Crown is their only supplier for these door seals. He insisted that if I had an issue of any kind, I could return them in any condition within 30 days.
I took a chance and they fit GREAT. This confuses me, because I have some Crown seals from quadratec in the garage right now that wouldn't fit at all and I couldn't return them. I feel like based on my experiences, and those I've read online, that all of the seals are a crapshoot. No consistency, and it's probably worth the effort of buying the cheapest you can find to see if they'll fit, so long as you can return them. That said, I'll continue to buy from APDTY on Amazon thanks to multiple satisfactory purchases from them and great customer service.
I took a chance and they fit GREAT. This confuses me, because I have some Crown seals from quadratec in the garage right now that wouldn't fit at all and I couldn't return them. I feel like based on my experiences, and those I've read online, that all of the seals are a crapshoot. No consistency, and it's probably worth the effort of buying the cheapest you can find to see if they'll fit, so long as you can return them. That said, I'll continue to buy from APDTY on Amazon thanks to multiple satisfactory purchases from them and great customer service.
Steele sells the Fairchild (better quality) seals for more than other vendors, just informing people cus I thought that Steele would make their own and be a higher quality product as well.
I got the Fairchild door seals from RockAuto. The half door versions. They clipped in perfectly. Fit very well…
The Fairchild version is designed for the different methods of installation..
Some of the years have a track along the bottom of the door that the weather strip fits into and you remove the pins from the weather strip… other years have no track but have holes drilled in the bottom of the door that you press the pins into…
I did the drivers side door first and seeing the pins stripped the track from the door bottom and found no pin holes, no big deal, I just drilled some pin holes in the door… The passenger door went more smoothly as I pulled the pins from the weather strip and put it in the track…
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I just used Fairchild door seals for some fixer-upper half doors and it went fine. They seemed good quality material and properly fit the door and after installation. The door seals nicely on the Jeep.
I knew I could use the original plastic track with this product (If I'd remove the pins in the new weatherstripping); however, one door's plastic track had started to come off on its own so I pulled the track on both and drilled for the pins. Marking where the drill for the pins was tricky, but not impossible.
Here's the process I used:
1. Pull off the original plastic strip. Leaving the foam adhesive in place at this point is optional, but I found it helpful in marking drill spots.
2. Get both ends of the new weatherstrip mostly in place and get the pins that line up with existing holes in place, but not fully pressed home.
3. Go to the pins without holes and mark either side of each pin with a pencil or sharpie. (This is why leaving the foam adhesive on the door helps when you do this.) You can draw the center line from hole to hole to keep it all in line.
4. Hit the places to drill (between the marks you made for each pin and on the center line) with a punch or dimple the spot so your bit doesn't walk.
5. Drill.
6. Heat the foam strip with a heat gun and use a plastic scraper to roll the old adhesive off. Scraping perpendicular to the foam and not in-line with the foam worked quickest for me.
7. Clean up the remaining adhesive more if you want, probably paint the drilled holes, but now you can press all the weatherstrip pins home.
I knew I could use the original plastic track with this product (If I'd remove the pins in the new weatherstripping); however, one door's plastic track had started to come off on its own so I pulled the track on both and drilled for the pins. Marking where the drill for the pins was tricky, but not impossible.
Here's the process I used:
1. Pull off the original plastic strip. Leaving the foam adhesive in place at this point is optional, but I found it helpful in marking drill spots.
2. Get both ends of the new weatherstrip mostly in place and get the pins that line up with existing holes in place, but not fully pressed home.
3. Go to the pins without holes and mark either side of each pin with a pencil or sharpie. (This is why leaving the foam adhesive on the door helps when you do this.) You can draw the center line from hole to hole to keep it all in line.
4. Hit the places to drill (between the marks you made for each pin and on the center line) with a punch or dimple the spot so your bit doesn't walk.
5. Drill.
6. Heat the foam strip with a heat gun and use a plastic scraper to roll the old adhesive off. Scraping perpendicular to the foam and not in-line with the foam worked quickest for me.
7. Clean up the remaining adhesive more if you want, probably paint the drilled holes, but now you can press all the weatherstrip pins home.
That’s exactly the way I did it on the side I ripped the track off…