My painter removed the belt moulding from my 62...and many retaining clips broke. I went to work to find replacement clips since the rubber/felt was serviceable. I went to the Toyota FJ62 parts diagrams, and the belt moulding was only shown as an assembly part (chrome strip with the rubber/felt weather strip secured via the white clips). There was not definitvely a replacement clip shown. Further, it is not shown that the weatherstrip portion is available for the 62.
I began researching here and everywhere. @g-man was helpful in trying to describe his experience. Although there are several threads on the subject, none were detailed enough to understand that the weatherstrip/clips portions are available, but...as FJ60 parts, not FJ62 parts...and how the swap out is made. Another point of confusion was the change in the design shape of the white clips over the years.
This is a description that hopefully will help make all this easier to follow.
The first thing people will find in their search is that the FJ62 "part" (75720-90A00 and the series) is discontinued. Nobody has them. What I learned is that what this really means is that the assembly is not available AND that the component of that assembly which is the chrome portion with the bit of black trim is not available. If your chrome piece is in good shape, you can restore the assembly by ordering the still-available weatherstrip/felt/clips portion separately. I ordered my four from Cruiser Corps.
While you wait for the parts to arrive, you can go to work preparing. The first thing you can do is remove the original white clips that hold the weatherstrip to the chrome strip. Notice in the first photo one that is intact, and one that is broken. You need a tool that is not too sharp, but that you can get under the clip on the rubber side, leverage up on one side, then push up and off. This will also need to be done with the new clips; more later.
Upon removing these you will reveal slots in the chrome piece that are under the weatherstrip and clip. These slots correspond to the ones in the outer door sheet metal at the bottom of the window frame. The white clips serve to hold the weatherstrip to the chrome belt moulding, but also to clip into the sheet metal slots in the door. It is important at this point to mark the slot positions on the adjacent chrome surface on the underside of the moulding with a Sharpie so that you can precisely position the new clips when you affix the new weatherstrip onto the old chrome belt moulding. In the last photo of this post, you can see that I've already put on the new clip, centering it over the markings of the now concealed slot in the chrome strip. Continued...
I began researching here and everywhere. @g-man was helpful in trying to describe his experience. Although there are several threads on the subject, none were detailed enough to understand that the weatherstrip/clips portions are available, but...as FJ60 parts, not FJ62 parts...and how the swap out is made. Another point of confusion was the change in the design shape of the white clips over the years.
This is a description that hopefully will help make all this easier to follow.
The first thing people will find in their search is that the FJ62 "part" (75720-90A00 and the series) is discontinued. Nobody has them. What I learned is that what this really means is that the assembly is not available AND that the component of that assembly which is the chrome portion with the bit of black trim is not available. If your chrome piece is in good shape, you can restore the assembly by ordering the still-available weatherstrip/felt/clips portion separately. I ordered my four from Cruiser Corps.
While you wait for the parts to arrive, you can go to work preparing. The first thing you can do is remove the original white clips that hold the weatherstrip to the chrome strip. Notice in the first photo one that is intact, and one that is broken. You need a tool that is not too sharp, but that you can get under the clip on the rubber side, leverage up on one side, then push up and off. This will also need to be done with the new clips; more later.
Upon removing these you will reveal slots in the chrome piece that are under the weatherstrip and clip. These slots correspond to the ones in the outer door sheet metal at the bottom of the window frame. The white clips serve to hold the weatherstrip to the chrome belt moulding, but also to clip into the sheet metal slots in the door. It is important at this point to mark the slot positions on the adjacent chrome surface on the underside of the moulding with a Sharpie so that you can precisely position the new clips when you affix the new weatherstrip onto the old chrome belt moulding. In the last photo of this post, you can see that I've already put on the new clip, centering it over the markings of the now concealed slot in the chrome strip. Continued...
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