New weatherstrip

[1charger69]

Hey guys......got the new door seal on and my door no longer closes the way it should...i need another quarter inch for proper closing....any tips or suggestions or do i wait till it compresses over time?

[Lennard]

You have two options.  Use your old ones if you have any or wait till they compress over time.  

[DAY CLONA]

Hey guys......got the new door seal on and my door no longer closes the way it should...i need another quarter inch for proper closing....any tips or suggestions or do i wait till it compresses over time?

I wouldn't even waste the time to ask you what mfg of repro door seal you have as I've tried them all over the years on my personal as well as customer's restos and they all suck!, find NOS or nice clean originals, I've bought whole doors at swap meets just to get original door seals, sorry this is your only route... FYI they never compress over time, unless you have a few decades to wait?...

[cdr]

I used Metro supersoft on mine the doors have closed great from day 1.

[Lennard]

FYI they never compress over time, unless you have a few decades to wait?...

I must have special door seals then, because after about 6 months I didn't have to slam the doors anymore and they started closing "normal".