Fixing Back Glass Molding

[unccpathfinder]

My 87 has has this issue since I purchased it when I was 16 (so almost 6 years ago)...Getting to the short rows on my 2 year long project and I decided to clean her up the other day and that molding really pissed me off so I figured if I couldnt get it back in I would replace it or do some RTVing...(sorry no pictures)

 

I slid the molding out carefully and tried not pulling so that it broke off the christmas tree extrusions...I then hosed all the junk that had built up in the tracks which took a while and that was a good explanation to y it wouldnt go back in they were full of crap....

 

I then went through and pulled out as much of the loose/stringy silicone that squeezed out when they put the glass in and then slapped the molding in

 

I cleaned up the backsides of the moldings they were too full of crap

 

I laid them out in the sun for a while b/c they had deformed since being out of the tracks and then slid them in and down the track (not beating them in perpendicular) and for the sections that were deformed I carefully bent them and slid them into place

 

I did this 2 weeks ago and none of them have popped back out as of yet and I took it for a drive this past weekend and nothing fell out so I guess this is a pretty good fix

 

 

This may need to go to the how to's but I figured it only applied for the 2 drs

[k9sar]

Mine have done the same thing. I had to wait for summer before I had any shot of pressing it back in. Still doesn't hold great so my next step is to pull it out, clean everything, warm it up and glue it in place with some nice black RTV. I believe this was your next step if yours had not held in place.

[unccpathfinder]

correct...

 

summertime is a good time about 2 years ago I was pissed at the driver side poking out and I wacked it and being winter it broke in half...but it never came back out again

 

I was pretty amazed that it held...The track they put in actually has ridges to grab the christmas tree fittings but I think once they come out that RTV and dirt keep it from holding...I tried pulling mine back out and it wouldnt come...I've seen many comments about it not being worth it to pull from a yard and/or trying to reuse the old so I figured I'd throw it out in case some1 wants to try it instead of waiting 4 years and then finally saying what the hell and do it anyways and it works...not saying it'll work for everyone but it worked for mine...

[Mr. Pickles]

Thanks, I've been looking to fix mine for, oh, I don't know... 5 years?! Can somebody say "heat gun" to get that sucker to move?

[unccpathfinder]

Thanks, I've been looking to fix mine for, oh, I don't know... 5 years?! Can somebody say "heat gun" to get that sucker to move?

 

 

just make sure you dont bake your paint...