door frame flocked rubber channel

[milton]

I'm about to refit the original rubber channel into the window frames. It looks as if some adhesive had been applied to the back of the rubber when it was originally fitted. Is this necessary? If so, which is the best adhesive?

Thanks

Milton

[gherlt]

Mine stayed in place without adhesive

[milton]

thanks for that...mine will stay in place as well!

[gherlt]

Just one comment: before placing the frame back into the door, check if the glass moves freely up and down, and well into the top channel.
In my case the rubber fitted well, glass moved up and down (not very freely, but same as before). But it was too tight in the top channel, so I removed one "lip"(?) from the rubber, and all was better. Less effort for moving, and glass entered into top channel.

[LaikaTheDog]

The flocked rubber channel I fitted had a ribbed rubber face that stopped it from popping out.

[Elanman99]

Silent Channel.pdf

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Its quite a while since I fitted new rubbers to my S4 frames but the attached document shows some of the versions available at the time.

The factory has used glue when the car was manufactured but I did not need to use any.

Ian

[gherlt]

Hello Ian, great work ! So finally you did use Paul Adamson Special ? (and who is he, I did google him to no avail)

[Elanman99]

Yes the Paul Adamson Special is still in use.

I gave it that name because Paul gave it to me but neither of us can remember who supplied it to him.

Put 'Adamson' in the search box on this site and his identity will be revealed. He is a long time Lotus owner and although a Lancastrian is a important member of CLOG

Ian