Passenger door weather stripping replacement

[SurfFisher]

Has anyone done this? I'm going to replace mine because a small amount of water is getting through and my local glass "expert" looked at the car and told me to replace the entire gasket (it's one piece anyways)

Much to my amazement the local Buick dealer was able to order the weather stripping new from Buick in Michigan!

Hopefully this will do it and it makes sense, I don't think a repair to the 18 year stripping would work. I'll advise how it goes as I'm set up for Sept 6 to have the work done.

[Guest F14CRAZY]

Mine are getting beat up on the outside, but I have found that small diameter washer fluid hose stuck behind the weatherstripping seals it right back up

[0ddi0]

Stoker, please let us know what it cost and approx how long it takes. I have a bit of a leak on my passenger side to but wouldn't mind replacing both sides.

[manikmekanik]

Was this weatherstrip for a coupe, or convertible?

[SurfFisher]

OK the weather stripping at the dealer was $151 for the one side and the glass guy quoted me $75 for the labor to install. He said figure one hour for the install, we'll see.

It's a coupe Reatta.

I actually received the weather stripping today after ordering Tuesday-that was fast! So I'm good to go for 9/6.

[Guest llaramie]

just take a piece of black body-side molding the smallest you can find (about a quarter-inch thick, Cut a two-inch or so length of it adhering it to the inside of the doors quarter-window frame directly across from the leaking weatherstrip on the car-frame. The leak is fixed!

[SurfFisher]

llaramie, thanks. The problem is the leak is up top, at an area where only the top part of the door glass contacts the weather stripping up near the roof.

I thought about building the weather stripping out there. Perhaps placing tubing underneath was an option as noted above but now hope the new stripping will do the trick as they glass guys recommended.

[Guest llaramie]

oh, well i have had that problem too.

Just take the smallest foam-weatherstrip you would buy in a hardware store for house windows. It 3/8 of an inch i think. It comes with an adhesive strip on one side. (Usually comes in grey, but black is available,) and put that up against the rubber weather strip along side your frame. The window will ride right up to the new strip a seal quite well.

I hope your purchase does the trick though.

[Barney Eaton]

How about a part number?

I checked my 1992 parts book and 3527107 is listed for drivers side, it is available and GM partdirect says the list is $211.25 and their price is 129.63 +28.52 S&H.

Part #3527106 is listed for the passanger side but that number is not available.

If you purchased a passanger side, it would be great to know the part number.

[SurfFisher]

Barney, I need to find the receipt but in the meantime I looked on the box, of course where the part # is listed it's partially ripped but I think the # is either 20636716 or 26636716. I can't read the first two numbers that well.

When I find the receipt I'll post again.

llaramie, hopefully I won't nedd to add the window weather stripping but if so I'll try out what you said, thanks.

[SurfFisher]

And the weather stripping part # is 20636716. Barney I hope this helps.

Change in schedule, I'm getting the weathering stripping done Tuesday the 12th.

[SurfFisher]

OK comedy of errors today. Bring the car into the glass guy this AM and call a couple of hours later to get an update. Well the weather stripping is not the right weather stripping-it doesn't fit. So I say I'll pick up the car after work with another set of keys so lock the keys inside. He say OK and he'll put the weather stripping in the trunk.

So I then call the parts guy at Buick who confirms it is the part I'm looking for on the computer but apparently it's the wrong part/size (*Barney please take note*). Plus he tells me this is the only weather stripping part available from Buick for the Reatta so it's this or nothing-well it's nothing then. He says I can return it no problem, thats good.

Get to the car and I don't check the trunk for the weather stripping-you guessed it, when I get home it's not in the car! The icing on the cake! No I have to go back and get it or try to talk him into dropping it off.

Question, does anyone know where I can get replacement weather stripping for a Reatta? Or I'll try the repairs mentioned above in the meantime.

The saga continues.

[jonlabree]

Have you tried Jim Finn?

[raroot]

I went to my local Lowes store and bought some 3/16ths inch clear vinyl tubing. I believe the cost was $2.19 for about 20 feet of tubing. I cut the tubing to length and place it between the rubber weather stripping and the metal edge. Not only is the leaking stopped, but the wind noise is reduced dramatically.

[SurfFisher]

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This is exactly what I just did but with 1/4 inch black weather strip tubing.

The trick is to be inside the car with the door closed when I saw the metal edge of the car body where it meets the weather stripping. Then, with the door open, just place the tubing between the metal car body edge and the original weather stripping where it fits in like a glove and is not noticable. Doing this just pushes the original weather stripping out so the seal is made again-no leak!

What was good about this technique is the original weatherstripping stays in place, and it's in good shape, it just needed alittle stuffing.

Thanks for all who helped.