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Changing window felts

Posted: 6/29/14 10:24am Message 1 of 3
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edgwood, MD - USA
Joined: 11/1/2007
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Vette(s): 1975 convertible,with the hard top and power streering.it a 350 L48 with auto trans. the color is light blue.

I want to change the inner and outer window felts and I am looking for any advice and diagrams to do the job(cannot find my repair manual ) any help will be welcomed .

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                                   Rick




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Re: Changing window felts

Posted: 6/29/14 2:00pm Message 2 of 3
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Zachary, LA - USA
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Vette(s): 1974 L-48 Auto. Just your basic Vette. GM crate motor w/vortec heads and intake. Crane cam. Scorpion rockers, Edelbrock carb. Lots of parts still in boxes... :(
Hi Rick.

The outer felts are easily removed once the door panel itself is off.  There is a phillips head screw at each end of the chrome strip on the door's top edge; remove those two screws and the black felt will pop out with a little persuasion (it has several metal clips holding it in, it's obvious once you start).

You can follow this guide, which I used when I rebuilt my window registers.

http://www.corvettemagazine.com/tech-articles/1968-1982-window-regulator-power-rebuild/

As far as the inside felts go, I can't help you there as they came pre-installed on my new door panels.





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Re: Changing window felts

Posted: 7/8/14 8:27pm Message 3 of 3
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tinbender... I'm experiencing the same challenge. The "pushin" clips on the outer window felts are anything but "pushin". I'm almost to the point of cutting them off and drilling a few holes and just screwing them in. I just painted my 80, so trying to apply a sufficient amount of pressure to get them to pop in without tearing up the paint is not working. I temporarily have put this project aside in leu of doing a complete brake job. Sorry I can't help...


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