FJ45LV window felts(doors), window gaskets

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i will check when i get home monday on the tub they came in. I am not sure they are the right way to go though they are 6' long staight C chanal type with felt ont he inside but the C chanal is metal so ou have to cut triangles out to get it to go around the corners the c chanel is the right size to fit in the hoops and the glass slides up and down smoothly but it isn't quite the right product I will take some close ups to show you what i mean. I plan to use a different c channel felt once i get it ont he road.
 
here is a pic of the corner of the metal window felts I got from JCWhitney. I am really not happy with how it looks but it is functional I think this will get changed out as a weekend project after it gets on the road. I don't have the part number but I am pretty confident most of you do not want the part number anyway :)
agian they are functional and work but don't look very nice in the corners

edit. still waiting on my window glass for the front window and side windows the glass shop is slow then they cut them to big. so I should have them soon . . . .
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I've got a good set of window felts/channels if someone can reproduce them.

Fox?
 
ok I figure I would post this here as well as on my build thread. I got my windows all in. I used the early fj40 front windsheild gasket and zipper from SOR. all but the front will have to be trimmed to size. i recomend using a glass guy to help install. there are alot of little ticks they just know that make theend result better.
Some of the things I learned though are on the windows where the gasket gets cut cut it 2-3 inches too big so after you get the glass almost all the way in you can push it into the corners you will be surprised how little of that 2-3 inches is left to trim.
I plan on making a template and posting it here somewhere. but I did learn the best way to make your own template.get a long piece of cardboard that has no folds or creases. you can usually get some scrap like this from the glass shop. it needs to be 58" or so inches long by 18" tall. then trim it to fit opening so the end result rests against the lip that the gasket goes onto. then from the insidetrace around the edge of the gasket retainer lip. then hand draw a line an 1/8" inside of that. trim on the new line and you have a good working template for a window. then before you head to the glass shop trace the template onto a 1/4" sheet of plywood. wait to cut it out until you know that the glass fits but this way you have a template incase your windshield breaks.
HTH Jason
 
Ok i finally , after much trial and error have figured out which door channels work the best on the lv window hoops. JCwhitney MX 193553 for 23.99 my catolog is old so the 'MX' part i think has changed but the numbers should get you there. one thing I have found to easy installation is to squeeze the top of the "U" together it helps it slide up the channel easier and when it is in with a couple flat bladed screw drivers you can spread it back out again.
HTH Jason
 
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