Re: [DML] Fixed side window seal

["Jake Kamphoefner" <jakekamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Knut,

Could you post of picture of this?  I'm not sure which portion you're
talking about.  (I may not understand because I don't have it!)

Jake

[I'll take a picture later today and post this evening -- Knut]


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ksgrimsr" <knut.s.grimsrud@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 2:39 PM
Subject: [DML] Fixed side window seal


> I finished re-installing my refinished toll both window trim this
> weekend. On my '81 the metal trim separating the fixed glass from
> the tollboth window needed to be refinished and in the process I
> thought I'd fix something that had been bugging me for a while.
>
> On my late '83 DeLorean, there is nicely profiled rubber gasket
> between the metal trim piece and the fixed glass, while on my
> late '81 it appeared to have been glued in with RTV sealant and
> looked like crap. I hadn't taken close note of others' cars, but I
> had presumed that my '81 had been broken into and had an amateur
> repair job done. To my surprise, at the recent tech session I took
> note and it appeared that all the cars (sampling of 4 or 5) had the
> same crappy-looking RTV sealant between the tollbooth trim and the
> fixed glass instead of a rubber seal/gasket.
>
> My '81 now has a nicely profiled gasket like my '83 and it looks
> much sharper now, but I'm curious what the cutoff is for cars that
> do or don't have the profiled gasket. Do everyone's '81 cars have
> RTV sealant between the metal trim piece and the fixed glass instead
> of a rubber seal/gasket? Is the seal/gasket only present on '83?
>
>      Knut
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