Replacing door rubbers on my 69 beetle
Paulc1964au - May 30th, 2010 at 05:24 PM
Just ordered new door rubbers from Classic.
how difficult is it to replace the seals and is there anything I should know?
Do i need to selastic them in or do they just press into the doors?
Do i need to remove the pin of the hinge?
vw54 - May 30th, 2010 at 05:44 PM
they just push in
no glue
make sure u clean ALL the old crap n glue out first use some prepsol to remove
ues a wooden wedge to help push into place if the rubbers dont fit then give me a ring
Paulc1964au - May 30th, 2010 at 06:01 PM
thanks so much for your advice and offer for help, will let you know
Paulc1964au - June 5th, 2010 at 01:31 PM
Installed new door rubbers in rosie today. I bought these from classic Veedub and they are the German rubbers so paid a little more but they fit so
well.
68AutoBug - June 5th, 2010 at 02:30 PM
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Just ordered new door rubbers from Classic.
how difficult is it to replace the seals and is there anything I should know?
Do i need to selastic them in or do they just press into the doors?
Do i need to remove the pin of the hinge?
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Good to see You have them in OK...
most probably one of the easiest things to fit in a beetle..
although I have seen people shut the door and it chops off part of the door rubber,,
I fitted mine then left the doors shut for a while..
I rubbed armorall all over it so it would slide when closed...
I still use armorall on them now & then...
I do it on late model cars also...
I have new ones to fit... one day...
both mine are damaged where I had roof bars on..
so they weren't great quality I guess...
it seems that contact adhesive was used near the door lock
from factory??? I don't know..
cheers
LEE
PS: to glue rubber You need to clean the rubber first.. Lee
Paulc1964au - June 5th, 2010 at 03:15 PM
Lee,
thanks so much for the advice, I just went out and armouralled the new rubbers as well as the rest of the seals, looks 100%. I didnt worry about
gluing as they fitted perfectly although the passenger side door is a little tight but I'm sure will free up after a few days
jjwebb123 - June 5th, 2010 at 06:26 PM
wow thats assuring,i thought they would be quite difficult.
i will replace them when i order new door skins.