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So I pulled the weather stripping off the doors and they shut much better and the horizontal bars fit but with essential no gap.
does this seem right?
does this seem right?
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Did you find a specific OEM - part number - for this weather stripping? Or did you use generic? I have had to contact chrysler about this kind of issue before and it can take for ever for an actual parts department to get back with you on any RW information lol as long as it goes in smooth, it should be fineSo I pulled the weather stripping off the doors and they shut much better and the horizontal bars fit but with essential no gap.
does this seem right?
Glad you posted this KeithThere's also a company that makes seals for the Jeep CJ and are made in USA. I bought both the tailgate seal and hardtop rear hatch seal from them years ago and they fit like OEM.
Metro Molded Parts Inc: Catalogue
Fairchild is also a good company for rubber parts. Just avoid all rubber replacement parts from Crown and Omix-Ada, they are the worst IMO. Don't get me wrong, they make some decent replacement parts for our CJ's, but rubber pieces from them are not.
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This is similar to the issue I just had with my new to me CJ7. I bought it with hard doors, but no top, and the doors closed just perfect. I nstalled the Besttop Supertop per instructions and it pulled the windhield frame back so far the doors wouldnt close even after adjusting the windshield frame to the max allowed by the brackets.Bestop has been 0 help. Customer service is awful. They are only taking calls by emails and only responding once a day.
So, here is where I'm at. The windshield brackets or the frame is out of spec so the doors come in contact with the horizontal bars. Bracket is placed too low on the windshield. I moved the brackets higher and the doors now clear the bars (but there still isn't enough room for weatherstripping. This problem is more or less solved.
The next issue i'm having is the top is pulling the windshield too far back so the top of the windshield is now touching the door frame at the top of the windshield. I've tried to adjust the windshield out but the top keeps pulling it too far down and now I'm at the limit of the adjustment bracket. How are you keeping the windshield from moving if the top is too tight? I'm sure over time it may loosen up but what do I do until then?
Attached are pics on where the windshield is hitting the door frames. The last pic is how much further I had to mount the bestop windshield brackets to clear the horizontal bars.
Are all aftermarket Jeep parts crap. I don't have these issues with my other classic car.