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Hi all,
EK has been doing some good early morning highway miles in the last year. Regular trip up to Gold Coast and back from Ballina. Had some nice hoots from passing long haul trucks. Most passing as I am doin’ a cruising speed of 60-62 / a healthy 98-100kms Not so bad for the old girl in a 110 zone.

Anyhow my quarter window rubbers are original- pushing 60 years plus.
With the wind and rain coming in hard and fast I am adding some luxury and doing an upgrade replacement on them.

Never done it and presume I need to get in the door trim. But asking out there for tips from any one who’s already had success experience with it.

Got good rubbers for a hefty fee on eBay in rare spare packages.

Appreciate any advice.
I am a ‘ can do the oil change and fix a fuse to make the cd player work’ mechanical level.

Cheers
Ben

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G'day Ben,

You have two choices here.

If you want to do the job properly, you need to pull the quarter window out. Door trims off, window down (and from memory out), and quarter glass out. This lets you get the hole in the rubber over the stubby quarter glass pivot shafts. It needs a little patience, and lots of painters tape to prevent damage the paint at the top of the doors. The big pain-in-the-rear are that some of the fasteners in that assembly are likely to be rusted to death. You then glue the new rubbers in with superglue (e.g. Loctite454). Like this:
https://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewto ... 08#p248208

If you want to take the easier option, most of the old rubber just pulls out. No need to pull the doors apart. You then glue the rubbers, but this time you can't get the rubber over the stubby pivot shafts. Cut the new rubber near the hole (sacrilege!), put it around the stubby pivot shaft, then superglue the rubber shut again. Done carefully, 99% of people will never know it was done.

Cheers,
Harv

Thanks Harv,

That’s perfect info. Both great options.

The ‘no-pain-in the rear’ Option 2 done with care is most attractive at the moment.

Thanks heaps!

And thanks for the quick reply. Appreciated.
‘Long weekend jobs getting longer’

PM Sent.