Lamer
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the last couple of times I have tried to roll my window down, the interior belt has rolled in, bending and almost tearing the rubber apart from the door panel. so I decided to try and remedy the situation instead of buy a $30 piece of rubber.
OEM part number: Inner w'strip - 6817135030 is $26.99 from Camelback Toyota
For ONE felt replacement (there are 2 felts per door; interior and exterior) you will need:
First you must remove the interior belt. I will not get into removing the door panel as that has been done many times. There are 8, IIRC, metal tabs that you must bend straight in order to allow the belt to release from the door panel. these tabs look like this:
most of us had very worn out felt that probably look a lot like this: you can clearly see the felt has hardened and chipped away from the contact area allowing the rubber to stick to the window and roll into the door.
To get a good adhesion, you need to clean up the contact surface. this is where the plastic scraper comes in. rub/scrub/scrape away the remaining old crusty felt until you have something like this: (not all of the original felt was removed, just the worn out stuff. I glued directly on top of any remaining old felt that did not scrape off.)
then, using a toothbrush and warm water, I cleaned the best I could to remove dirt, grime and any other felt chunks.
in order to get the alignment as best as possible between the belt, and new felt, I started at one end and only did a small portion. Contact Cement on both surfaces rest 15 mins before adhering together.
once that is secured, I then moved onto the remaining area. Specifically, when adhering them together, my main focus was aligning the edges together: RED and BLUE as this is the visible edge and I didnt want a bunch of felt sticking out above the top.
continue down the rest of the belt until its covered, and trim the ends! DONE.
before and after for comparison:
I can say that after installing it, the placement of the felt is perfect. smooth sliding on the window and no more rolling of the rubber!
The only thing I am unsure about is UV resistance: I dont know how long this nylon felt will last with sun exposure. thats why I am doing only one belt right now.
OEM part number: Inner w'strip - 6817135030 is $26.99 from Camelback Toyota
For ONE felt replacement (there are 2 felts per door; interior and exterior) you will need:
- 1 yard 3/4" wide nylon felt "ribbon" (I found mine a Joanne's fabric store) ($3.79)
- plastic scraper (I used an automotive panel puller)
- adhesive (I used contact cement; worked like a charm and is slightly flexible.)
- old toothbrush or similar
First you must remove the interior belt. I will not get into removing the door panel as that has been done many times. There are 8, IIRC, metal tabs that you must bend straight in order to allow the belt to release from the door panel. these tabs look like this:
most of us had very worn out felt that probably look a lot like this: you can clearly see the felt has hardened and chipped away from the contact area allowing the rubber to stick to the window and roll into the door.
To get a good adhesion, you need to clean up the contact surface. this is where the plastic scraper comes in. rub/scrub/scrape away the remaining old crusty felt until you have something like this: (not all of the original felt was removed, just the worn out stuff. I glued directly on top of any remaining old felt that did not scrape off.)
then, using a toothbrush and warm water, I cleaned the best I could to remove dirt, grime and any other felt chunks.
in order to get the alignment as best as possible between the belt, and new felt, I started at one end and only did a small portion. Contact Cement on both surfaces rest 15 mins before adhering together.
once that is secured, I then moved onto the remaining area. Specifically, when adhering them together, my main focus was aligning the edges together: RED and BLUE as this is the visible edge and I didnt want a bunch of felt sticking out above the top.
continue down the rest of the belt until its covered, and trim the ends! DONE.
before and after for comparison:
I can say that after installing it, the placement of the felt is perfect. smooth sliding on the window and no more rolling of the rubber!
The only thing I am unsure about is UV resistance: I dont know how long this nylon felt will last with sun exposure. thats why I am doing only one belt right now.
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