Foam strip on door top for window

[Lee Mitch]

Good evening,
I am gathering supplies for installing the glass on my 30 briggs fordor, and can only find the foam strip for the top of the door. The sides have the felt channels. Is the foam strip/sponge seal what should be used on the top? Also, should it be glued in? It certainly isn't what came off of my original car. It was a heavy metal-backed (like the material that the rain gutter snaps onto) track. As always, thanks for helping with my questions that are not so sophisticated, but get me closer to going down the road....

[waxhead]

I used the foam strip and glued it in using the glue provided in the kit

[Marco Tahtaras]

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Yes, the Briggs bodies and I believe the Murray bodies as well, had the upper window seal moulded onto a steel strip. I think next time I do one I'll likely laminate the rubber onto a steel strip and nail it in place as Briggs did.

Obviously you can use adhesive to attach that floppy strip to the door as I've done in the past. There is one thing to consider however. Under the best conditions it's tough to get the strip positioned perfectly straight. Making it even worse is the fact that the sponge rubber will follow the shape of the attaching surface on the door making it appear less than ideal unless some surface preparation is done. Be sure the nails that attach the door skin up there are as flush as possible. Where there are voids (no door skin) exposing the wood such as the front and rear corners, these areas should be shimmed. I've used cardboard to bring those areas to the same level as the skin.