10 October 2012 ChevyClassics

by Randy Irwin

by Randy Irwin

Parts Needed:WS-4 68-69 Roof rail weather strip with molded endsWS-100 67-69 Hood to cowl sealWS-99 67-69 Roof rail replacement button retainers88-0277-3 67-69 Caulking strip kit

Go to RicksCamaro.com for a complete listing of Door and Trunk weatherstripping!

Tools Needed: Phillips screwdriverAwl

A simple and inexpensive way to tighten and seal up your Camaro is toreplace the weather stripping. This cowl and roof rail weather stripping willgive a tight seal that cuts down on wind noise!

In part one of our weather stripping tech article, which ranin the September 2012 issue of Chevy Classics, we installedthe door and trunk weather stripping. In this second part ofthe tech article we will install the roof rail and cowl weatherstripping. The roof rail weather stripping starts at the front ofthe door jamb on the body, goes up the A-pillar, across theroof rail above the door and quarter glass, and ends at therear bottom of the quarter window. The cowl seal fits acrossthe top of the cowl and seals the hood to the cowl. Byreplacing these seals, it gives the car a real tight feel and cutsdown on wind noise.

Photo #3: Between the roof rail stainlessand the roof, there is a thin strip ofcaulking. This will also need to be cleanedbefore installing. A rag and lacquerthinner works great.

Photo #4: The caulking strip kit, part #88-0277-1, will installon the roof rail stainless to give an air tight seal betweenstainless and roof.

Time Frame: 2 Hours

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CAMARO WEATHER STRIPPING INSTALLATION, PART 2

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Photo #1: The roof rail weather stripping is held in place witha stainless steel channel. This is the roof rail stainless. Thestainless is in two pieces with a coupler at the top front of thedoor glass.

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Photo #2: Before installing the newweather stripping, make sure the channelis clean. You can see here in photo #2some remnants of the old seal. A flatblade screwdriver or small putty knifeworks fine to clean out the old seal.

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Now with the new roof rail weather stripping and cowl sealyour Camaro will not only look good, but with less windnoise, it will sound great too!

Photo #5a & 5b: Insert an awl through the slots in the roof railstainless to locate the holes in the body, and punch a holethrough the caulking strip. Then, using a roof rail retainerbutton, part #WS-99, anchor the roof rail stainless to the body.

Photo #6:The couplerwill connectthe A-pillarstainless tothe roofstainless.

Photo #8a & #8b: At thefront of the roof railweather strip, there is amolded end that is held tothe body with two plasticpush pins. These areincluded with the roof railweather strip kit.

Photo #9: Thehood to cowlweather stripping,part #WS-100, isthe long rubberpiece that sealsthe rear of thehood to the cowl.This seal slipsonto the front ofthe ventilator.

Photo #10: Now with the seal installed, anchor the ventilatorin front of the windshield. The seal gets trapped between thetop of the cowl, and the ventilator holds it in place.

Photo #7: The roof rail weather stripping, part #WS-4, slipsinto the stainless channel. We found that using a plasticbondo spreader or plastic knife works great to push theweather stripping into place.

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