Many years ago, and I do mean 'many', I bought new window seals from Woolies for my 91 SE.
window-weatherstripThat car has been on SORN a few years because I bought a late'93 SE but window seals on that were just as bad, if not worse. The seals from Woolies were not quite deep enough so would need some fiddling about to make them work .... many threads on here about that ... so never got round to fitting them. Various threads about dismantling the doors to get at seals and remove fixing metal strip to glue / screw / bond new seals and re-attach, and re-assemble = major project..
Recently I had the windscreen top seal on the passenger side detach itself at speed so bought some Sikaflex to glue it back so I didn't have to drive with the hood up to keep it in place.
I'd fitted a HUD GPS speedo so was using GPS speedo on my phone to check calibration and phone says top seal blew off at 353 mph .. honest..
Here's proof..
(It's the M25 Holmesdale Tunnel that confuses GPS
)
Anyway, I used Sikaflex to re-attach screen top seal using only a small proportion and thought this won't be any good in a few weeks, what else can I use it for... decided to see if i could fit the new window seals using it.
This what I started with ... very hard and cracked... and not sealing at all..
Cut all the rubber off with a 'Stanley Knife' to expose the bare metal strip... (amazing how dirty the glass is just behind that seal)
Used Sikaflex along the non-flocked side of the new seal and then put it in place and retained it with some plastic 'dividers' and wedges to force it to bond to the metal strip in the vertical plane..
(This is the bit you may have to improvise... being an engineer I never throw anything away, much to the annoyance of my wife - "that rubbish is my raw material". Small plastic sheets are dividers from 'organiser boxes' and the wedges are from timber floor panels. Wedges are also very useful to align headlamp pods when refitting.)
Only took 30 minutes but I left it for a while to have a cup of tea and let the Sikaflex cure .... and this is what it looked like afterwards ..
So pleased with the look, I did the driver's side even quicker using the same procedure. Second one is always easier...