swelltimes
SILVER Star
When I bought my 77 FJ40 in September, the fiberglass top was held on with a few bolts, and two eye hooks drilled through the top, clipped into the spots that mate with the windshield clips when it's resting on the hood. I was missing most of the weather stripping that goes between the top and the sides.
Inspired by a number of threads on the forum like FJSnoozer's hard top weather stripping project, I worked on an easily found, low cost alternative to that strip.
Using a 2.25", 16' long piece of Frost King "garage door bottom seal," from Home Depot, I was able to make a pretty close approximation of the original seal. I think the Frost King part number is G16.
I pulled the top off, and after drilling out the rusty bolts and tapping the threads, cut the weather stip to fit, and used some contact adhesive to secure it.
Hit some rusty spots on the sides with a wire wheel and POR-15 before I put the top back on, and sealed up the holes from the PO's eye hooks with marine RTV before I can do a more complete fix.
The top mounted up fine, and aside from a rusty and nearly dead windshield cap, I now have a great seal around the whole top. I was worried the seal may have been a touch too thick, but it compresses down to nearly the same width ast the scraps of the OEM seal I have.
The garage door seal was ~ $18 at Home Depot, and I bought a small punch to cut the holes out for the bolts. Pictures below.
Inspired by a number of threads on the forum like FJSnoozer's hard top weather stripping project, I worked on an easily found, low cost alternative to that strip.
Using a 2.25", 16' long piece of Frost King "garage door bottom seal," from Home Depot, I was able to make a pretty close approximation of the original seal. I think the Frost King part number is G16.
I pulled the top off, and after drilling out the rusty bolts and tapping the threads, cut the weather stip to fit, and used some contact adhesive to secure it.
Hit some rusty spots on the sides with a wire wheel and POR-15 before I put the top back on, and sealed up the holes from the PO's eye hooks with marine RTV before I can do a more complete fix.
The top mounted up fine, and aside from a rusty and nearly dead windshield cap, I now have a great seal around the whole top. I was worried the seal may have been a touch too thick, but it compresses down to nearly the same width ast the scraps of the OEM seal I have.
The garage door seal was ~ $18 at Home Depot, and I bought a small punch to cut the holes out for the bolts. Pictures below.