Stingraynut

I've read a lot of forum posts over the years about glueing on the weatherstripping, but when I spoke to a spraypainter today he asked me why I'd want to glue it on - it made me think.

Perhaps not all the bits of weatherstrip need glueing?

I had planned to glue it all, to help guarantee against leaks, but when I thought about it, one side of the strip isn't glued, so why should the other?

The painter suggested that if it needed to be glued in certain areas, to use dabs of superglue to hold it in place.

What do other members think?

Binski

I have been using regular 3M black glue made for weatherstrip. I would rather take this extra step, spend a few bucks more and be sure I don't have to redo. This has worked well for me.

grinditout

It needs to be glued to be water tight, get all body work out of the way; then glue it down with 3M weatherstrip adhesive.

96GS#007

Depends on what piece of weatherstripping. Some pieces need to be glued, others do not.

slickfx3

My Hatch strip peeled off and I cleaned under it, I doesn't need glue on the bottom what else?

Stingraynut

96GS - aha, thats what I was wondering - which bits DO need glue and which don't?

grinditout - I sort of agree with you, but the weather-stripping is not glued to both sides, otherwise we couldn't open the door etc - so it makes me wonder if one side is waterproff without glue, why not both?

65Z01

If you mean the strip that runs around the hatch opening and against which the hatch glass seals, my OEM WS had a yellow slipery substance under it so I used lithium grease when installing the new WS.

For one thing the adhesive keeps the WS in position and prevents it from "moving around" when a moving part contacts it. Plus the OEM WS was frimly glued down and that's good enough for me.

pianoguy

I replaced my A and B pillar weatherstripping and didn't glue it - no problems so far.

PAINTER MAN

I agree. I replace these two areas on my car 6 years ago. No glue and no leaks. I did clean the channel very well.

pianoguy

Ditto - I took a lot of time getting the channels clean. The new stuff fits in there quite snugly.

Steve59

I just did the hatch ws on my 87 coupe. When I removed the old ws, there was very little glue and that was only in the corners. I used a Wilcox replacement ws. I had not centered it correctly under the third eye and had to remove it and re-install it. That's when I realized that there is grease of some type inside that ws to help seal it. I assume that that grease would also prevent any glue from sealing that area.

PLRX

Few members did not use glue and they are satisfied with their work. I have the entire kit for my CE LT4 and I will not use glue.

skybolt31

On my 86, I did the A pillar without glue and am going to do the 95 A&B pillars and have no intention of using glue. Lots of people glue and have no issues and lots of people don't glue and have no issues. In all of the WS posts that I have read, I have never seen one where someone says that they didn't glue and it leaked, they went back and glued and it fixed it. So the choice is yours, but gluing is not necessary, at leas on the A&B pillars.

Stingraynut

Wow, some interesting replies here.

Until yesterday I had not considered the idea of not glueing, now I am.

Stingraynut

OK I am going to follow the advice of the paintshop and not glue except for any obvious corners.

The guy at the paintshop also says he uses supa glue to hold the W/S in places where it won't stay - sounds like a good idea. he says then if the W/s need removing it's easier, and I have read posts where the W/S has not been put on right and needed to be moved.

I live in the tropics and during the wet season (Jan-April) we can get up to 4" of rain an HOUR!! That will be a good test. I'll post back with the results .

tim32920

I redone all the weatherstripping on my 92 and I only put 3m glue on it and only on the corners and NONE of it leaks.I read through alot of posts on here before I started and I suggest you do the same,it will help you alot.

PLRX

No Glue

PGLT1

I did my hatch WS last fall. I left it in the rain with a paper towel in the corners to check. Bone dry after two days!! So my take is no glue unless needed.

pitchadude

What about car shows? How will it effect judging?

flynn508

I will soon be redoing all my weatherstrip on my 86. I figured that the pressure of the doors, glass, etc. on the strip when its closed up would keep things dry. I also assume that the strip needs some 'breathing room' to expand and contract in the heat/cold and if it was glued in wouldn't that cause it to split or break?