Olds1971

Been looking to replace rubber seals at the bottom.of windows, mine are severely cracked letting in water.... Please help. Its a 1983 four door how do you replace these

joe_padavano

If you are talking about the outer window sweeps, you have to remove the inner door panels and remove the lower window stops. This allows you to lower the glass all the way down in the door. Once you do that, you should see a couple of small phillips screws holding the end of each window sweep. Remove the screws then work the spring clips on the rest of the sweep away from the top edge of the door. The replacement sweeps snap into place, then reinstall the screws, replace the lower glass stop, and reinstall the inner door panel.

Olds1971

Ok.where about can you find these at??

joe_padavano

What model? All you've told us is "1983 four door".

Olds1971

Sorry for the lack of information. Its a 1983 olds cutlass supreme

Allan R

Check Metro Molded Parts

Olds1971

Ok thanks Allan Ill give it a look at

Olds1971

They do not carry them... Just my luck

Lady72nRob71

If water is getting into the car, the water shield behind the door panel is either missing or not tucked into the door bottom slot like it should be. Most 'mechanics' do not understand the concept of it. Some even throw it away, since it is just coated brown paper and they do not know what it does...
Even if the sweep is missing, the water shield will deflect almost all water back into the door where it can drain out, providing the drain holes in it are not clogged.

Olds1971

Behind my door panels were nothing... Anywhere I can buy that stuff? Also I will check the drain holes also I didn't think about that.. My weather stripping is fine just that sweep is really cracked

Lady72nRob71

The watershields were just treated paper and looks like someone had tossed yours.
Just make your own with thick plastic sheeting from the hardware store - the thickest you can get. tape it to the door and cut away holes for the window crank, switches or whatever and make sure you can tuck the bottom into the door when you are done cutting it out. Secure it to the door with 3M strip caulk. that stuff is sticky but you can still get the plastic off if needed later. Or the silver foil HVAC tape works great.
Check your other doors to see if they have a shield. You might have to make more. If your other front door has a shield, it could be carefully removed and used as a pattern if you would like but it is easy to just cut it out by itself.

brown7373

Check with Restoration Specialties www.restorationspecialties.com .

Olds1971

No doors have it ill send pictures soon