Door glass seal installation?????

[69porsche]

I have a 67-912 and I want to install door glass seal (upper door edge, both left and right outer)...What's the process to have the door trim removed and these installed? Is the trim held by screws or something else? Thanks Gordon

[Brett Voigt]

I did this last spring. It took me a whole day to do the front seals and the quarter window seals. Surprisingly the quarter window seals took more time, but they were more difficult to get the weather seal to stick. Either way, for the fronts I first took off the window lever and the lock pin, then just took the inside panel of the door off which is very easy. Mine has the aftermarket RS panels so the screws are very visible, not sure how much harder it will be with door handles. After that, there are a number of screws and bolts in the front of the door and towards the back near the locking mechanism. I removed all of them. Next is the tricky part. There are a bunch of screws inside the door that connect the window frame to the door. You have to squeeze your hand into some strange configurations to get some of the screws out, and it can be a tedious process. After I was sure that the window frame was free, I jimmied up the frame out of the door. This took rolling the window up and down a few times. After the frame was free, I stripped the weather seal with a flat head screwdriver. It was difficult trying to not scratch the aluminum and in retrospect I wish I recommend using something plastic. From the factory, porsche puts a glue to hole the weather seal to the aluminum. That mixed with a metal/wire backing to keep the weather strip more stable, makes it very difficult to get out. That in mind, once it out, some placing the new weather seal is a breeze. I placed the top part of the seal first, to get the corners lined up, then brought the seal down the frame. Getting the frame back into the door took a bit of finagelling while moving the window up and down. Once it was it, it's just a matter of placing each screw in the spot you found it and hoping you don't finish the job with more screws than you started with.

I did this all while keeping the doors on the car and I never damaged the glass while doing the change. There's a small weather strip that sits flush with the glass and acts as a sort of wedge to stop water from falling down into the door. I tried to change this too when I had the frame apart, but I could not get the new piece to fit, so I slid the old weather strip back in.

Sorry I don't have any pics, but I hope that helps
Brett