Window moulding replaced - glued ... seriously glued.

[Pinz710m2]

I just replaced the moldings for both driver's and passengers' windows.
Wow. It really quieted down the rattling windows and the wind noise.
The first door only took me about an hour, including using a buff pad to
clean off most of the rust, masking off the window moulding area, and
using some rattle can Swiss Army Green to touch up all the bare metal
and scratched up areas, installing the moulding with a little bit of silicone
to seal it in place, and putting everything back together and cleaning up.

The passenger side window took me 3 hours! Whoever had this vehicle
before me ... it's time to 'fess up. The new SAV window trim with the drain
and some new steel bolts should have tipped me off. (Steel, not stainless)
But when I tried to get that moulding off, I had to use a scraper, thin chisel,
a screwdriver, and a lot of determination. Someone (you know who you
are!) glued this stuff in place with a caulking gun, smeared the entire inside
with silicone, and then used CAULK under certain parts of the moulding,
along with little plastic corners that were glued into all of the corners.
Oh My God! I thought it would be permanently glued. Then once I finally
got it off, I had to clean all that gunk out of the door! What a PIA.

Well, everything is now replaced. Tomorrow I have to go drill a little hole in
the moulding for the drain tube, but other than that, it's done.

THIS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN CABIN NOISE (Or lack thereof)

Ok, so who did this to their door when they owned it??? (A really clean 710M
that came from SAV through Stouffer) Also, it looks like the passenger door top is
different than the driver. The window has corners on the drivers' door, but has a
slight round radius on the passenger side. I didn't notice it until today.

Anybody know this vehicle?

[Andre]

Sounds like someone was trying really hard to keep his wife dry and quiet. The extreme's exhibited in the attempted repair may have been directly proportional to the unpleasant vocalizations of said wife.

[Pinz710m2]

Sounds about right. lol

[krick3tt]

Along this line of trying to keep the water out...there are deeper OEM window channels on the market. I purchased a set while living in WA in an attempt to solve that problem. They come with a small pipe that
is to be connected to a hose going down through the door to help get the water down and out. Save your money. They do not really accomplish that and the cost is a bit high for them. Same thing can be
done by brazing a small piece of pipe to the bottom of your existing channels and using the hose to relieve the build up of water. All in all a waste of time and money. I have saved the old ones if someday I want to replace them if they get rusty.

[Pinz710m2]

The one that was glued was one of the deeper ones with the drain.
I ran a clear tube from the drain, into the door, and down into the bottom
of the door. It actually works okay. I was going to just drill a hole in the
bottom of the drivers side and let it drain down the door. (I replaced the
inside door panel with aluminum, so rust won't be an issue)

[krick3tt]

Since I often take the upper part of the door (window) off in the summer, I ran the pipe to an elbow and out the side of the flat part below the channel.
I did not want to be continually disengaging the hose through the door.
It is good that your channels work well. It makes the effort to solve a problem worthwhile.

Happy trails