The thingy scratching my window

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[EdWindows]

Originally Posted by WYOSVX

I had a hard time with the stock pads; I felt pretty stupid since others posted they'd come off easily for them. Mine were glued on and I had to take out the glass and chisel the pads off the door.

Mine are glued on too, hence why I didn't bother to remove them when I did this.

[NikFu S.]

Originally Posted by WYOSVX

Any more word on this fix?

Yeah, here's an update, my pads were stolen so I was unable to install them.

edit: Never mind! I just found them when I was looking for my parts catalog.

Someone stole my parts catalog!

[Tapani]

I did this little project this morning. Took an hour for both doors, i.e. eight scratchers...

i bought 8 pcs of the outer ones. These are glued on the door sheet metal with double sided tape.

I lifted the outer weather strip a little - you have to take the two plastic screws and fittings off first, then lift the trip to the outside of the door - protect the paint with something - see photo.

Then there's enough space to chisel the old ones off w/o taking the glass out. I used a small flat screw driver and tapped that with a small hammer. Then pressed the clips out.

The same parts can be used on the inside too.

Not difficult at all and now the doors shut without a horrible noise even with the windows down.... and the scratching has stopped too - hopefully.

The outer ones were totally busted.

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[WYOSVX]

Well done! Did your outside weatherstrips unscrew easily? I tried to unscrew those screws to do what you did and they turned but didn't come out for me. Was there a trick for yours or did they just unscrew like they're supposed to do?

[Tapani]

Originally Posted by WYOSVX

Well done! Did your outside weatherstrips unscrew easily? I tried to unscrew those screws to do what you did and they turned but didn't come out for me. Was there a trick for yours or did they just unscrew like they're supposed to do?

They are plastic, as you know. The trick is NOT to press the screw driver much at all.... if you do, the threads just slip and the screw will not come out.

Naturally, you must make sure the clip (nut) does not rotate with the screw - I had to keep one still with my finger nail.

If you do not succed you may try gently inserting a very small clock smith screw driver between the clip and the screw and gently aid the screw outward while turning it with a screw driver. I've had to do this with other similar clips. Also, as you may have noticed from the photo I used a flat screw driver rather than a cross head.... if you select just the correct blade size you do not need to press it at all.... I did not try the JIS screw drivers on these (see my other post). They may work better than phillips.

Good luck,

/T