>>>>> "DANMAS" == DANMAS <DANMAS@aol.com> writes:
DANMAS> In a message dated 97-08-27 12:20:26 EDT,
DANMAS> LGarey@mail.dot.state.nc.us (Lex Garey) writes:
>> 1. The 3 water curtain assemblies (plastic sheeting)
>> in the doors are about gone. Two of them hang under
>> the inner waist seal, and one is attached to the bottom
>> of the window glass channel. I believe these are no
>> longer available. Does anyone have a suggestion for
>> replacing these, or a good method of shielding the door
>> panels from water?
DANMAS> On all American cars that I am familiar with, and
DANMAS> most Japanese, a sheet of plastic is stretched
DANMAS> over the door, under the upholstery panels, and
DANMAS> held in place with a strip of sticky,
DANMAS> non-hardening, adhesive. On my TR6, I used double
DANMAS> sided tape to hold the plastic, and it has worked
DANMAS> very well now for about 4 years. I placed the tape
DANMAS> around the opening, and then stretched the plastic
DANMAS> sheet, untrimmed, over the tape, pressing in
DANMAS> place. After that, I used a razor knife to trim
DANMAS> the plastic to size, cutting just through the
DANMAS> plastic, but not the tape, and to make openings
DANMAS> for the handles and trim fasteners.
I used the 3M Window Insulation stuff. Tape it in and hit
it with the blow dryer to shrink into place. Came out very
nice. One thing, be sure to cut round holes or to put relief
cuts in your square ones or it will tear when it shrinks.
-MM
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