[DeTomaso] Outside rubber on windowframe

[Thomas Tornblom]

My GT5 is lip-out, and I'm fairly confident that they have not been 
swapped since the car was new.

Thomas

2013-04-01 17:50, Mikael skrev:
> Hhmm, interesting, this means we have to open the lip-in or lip-out debate
> again J. Logically (to me) they should be lip-out because then closing the
> door works "with" the lip, not "against" it. My Longchamp with lip out
> hasn't had an owner before that took care of details I think, I had to fix
> 100 small things, so I can't imagine somebody switching the rubber between
> doors. And the Longchamp sees all kinds of rain most of the year, not a drop
> has entered.
>
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> Of course, since the frame the door closes into is slightly funnel-like if
> that's the word, becomes narrower the more the door closes, a lip facing
> inwards will touch in an area that's slightly narrower, and may then seal.
> But the same rubber in the (by my thinking) right position, lip out, may no
> longer be able to reach the frame. Maybe that's why your leaks stopped when
> you switched?
>
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>
> I would guess that new rubber in a perfectly aligned door will seal with lip
> out, and since the lip is not forced flat by being further in, where frame
> is narrower, it will continue to seal.
>
>
>
> 1.    Does the above make sense to anybody but me?
>
> 2.    Don't we have any factory instructions?
>
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>
> J
>
> Mikael
>
> Fra: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> Sendt: 1. april 2013 17:33
> Til: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at poca.com
> Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] Outside rubber on windowframe
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>
> In a message dated 4/1/13 8 15 13, mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk writes:
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> I'm talking about rubber that doesn't touch glass, it seals the upper crome
> part of the doors to the frame when door closes
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>
>>>> Ah, I see!
>
> It just slides into the channel.  Mine were installed backwards for years,
> before I got help here (Chuck Engles sent me some great photos) and I just
> slid mine out and flipped them side-to-side.
>
> The open part of the rubber faces inwards, so that any water that might
> touch runs along the top and gets routed towards the outside.  Before, I
> used to get water drips when driving in the rain.  But I drove home from
> Laguna Seca on Sunday and spent almost three hours in the rain, and nary a
> drop from the doors.  (The windshield is another story!  Grrrr....)
>
> I just ran to the garage and shot a not-especially-good photo:
>
> http://www.poca.com/index.php/gallery/?g2_itemId=39201
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> Even though there is a 90-degree bend molded into the rubber, it still
> distorts slightly in the corner, as the actual bend in the door is greater
> than 90 degrees.
>
> This same piece of rubber is used in the Mangusta, by the way....and
> presumably in your Longchamp?  Somebody may have installed your Longchamp
> rubber backwards.  If it's not like in the above photo, it should be easy to
> remove it and just switch side-to-side to get the same effect.
>
> Mike
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