Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/3/2 1:06:53
Talked with the upholstery guy I was mentioning before, and for the wrinkles by the lights, he suggested cutting an "x" relief pattern out close to the screw holes that hold the light on. I had previously cut an X pattern, but not to that extent. I did as he said, and it did help, though there are a couple of wrinkles I will not be able to get rid of. Same with a few small spots in the front. As such, I'm downgrading my self-grading to a 7.5/10.....definitely not a professional job, but I believe it is good enough to move forward. The picture makes it look better than it really is.
I've been getting all the trim installed on the inside, and getting the unique weather stripping installed above the side windows. The hardtops have a huge piece of weather strip that goes from the very back of the rear quarter window, along the top of all the side windows, and down the rear of the windshield pillar. The weather strip also has "built-in" windlace on both the outside edge, as well as the inside, and it wraps around a part of the stainless trim piece that shows on the interior of the car. My weather strip is not in the best of shape. However, I don't see it reproduced on the Steele website. If they do reproduce it, I wonder if they bother to put the fuzzy material on it.
Upon reinstallation, I ran into a problem that I don't have an answer to. The stainless pieces that hold in the said weather strip had some sort of rubber strip underneath them to help seal against water intrusion (more like tar impregnated rubber). However, the piece of stainless that goes over the rear quarter window had no such rubber when I originally took it off (both sides). That can't be right. There has to be some sort of rubber there, or water would go right around the trim piece. I can't find anything to confirm this though.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Trim pieces going back in.jpg (98.98 KB)
Integrated windlace.jpg (115.17 KB)
There is no rubber between the trim and body.jpg (121.27 KB)
This is immediately after first removing the trim piece.jpg (63.78 KB)
I've been getting all the trim installed on the inside, and getting the unique weather stripping installed above the side windows. The hardtops have a huge piece of weather strip that goes from the very back of the rear quarter window, along the top of all the side windows, and down the rear of the windshield pillar. The weather strip also has "built-in" windlace on both the outside edge, as well as the inside, and it wraps around a part of the stainless trim piece that shows on the interior of the car. My weather strip is not in the best of shape. However, I don't see it reproduced on the Steele website. If they do reproduce it, I wonder if they bother to put the fuzzy material on it.
Upon reinstallation, I ran into a problem that I don't have an answer to. The stainless pieces that hold in the said weather strip had some sort of rubber strip underneath them to help seal against water intrusion (more like tar impregnated rubber). However, the piece of stainless that goes over the rear quarter window had no such rubber when I originally took it off (both sides). That can't be right. There has to be some sort of rubber there, or water would go right around the trim piece. I can't find anything to confirm this though.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Trim pieces going back in.jpg (98.98 KB)
Integrated windlace.jpg (115.17 KB)
There is no rubber between the trim and body.jpg (121.27 KB)
This is immediately after first removing the trim piece.jpg (63.78 KB)This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=230881