Panel van side windows

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richieadkins
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Panel van side windows

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Afternoon all,
The girlfriends "new" van requires the side windows taking out, the rust removing and repair patches welding in. My question is fairly simple if I buy new seals how much longer than the circumference of the window do I need to make the new seal. The seals fitted currently are neither the correct ones or the correct length (1" gap at the top!). I seem to remember from when I did some back in the day that it was around 1.5" longer. But, I cannot find anything to substantiate this on the world wide webs!


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I'd allow for several extra inches and cut it to size once you put the seal in.
It can get a bit stretched during fitting and then shrink back leaving the gap you mention.
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I recall leaving an overlap of maybe a half inch, and finishing by forcing them in to butt against each other. Long term I think the rubber shrinks, and this lets it shrink without tapping. Also if you have seals with an internal trim strip the seal join should be at the bottom of the window (as always), and the trim strip join should be elsewhere, to help align the seal joint. Use the proper tool for the trim strip, and soapy water to fit the trim strip. A windscreen sealant such as arbomast autograde is also good belt and braces for a new seal.
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RogerT wrote: Also if you have seals with an internal trim strip the seal join should be at the bottom of the window (as always), and the trim strip join should be elsewhere,

I've just bought new seals for mine and was watching the demo video on seals direct - they say the join should be at the top?

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