adhesive help

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azruss
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Your car is a: 80 Fiat 2000 FI

adhesive help

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I am restoring my wings. I am replacing the old hard rubber seals with newer
ones (1980). They still have flex and stretch to them but have shrunk to the
point of interfering with the window closing. I want to stretch them to fill
the frame and glue into place. I tried this technique with the windshield
using a rubber adhesive. It eventually pulled away. I'm thinking crazy glue in
the corners with rubber adhesive the rest of the way. Any suggestions or
comments.
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johndemar
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Your car is a: 1976 Fiat 124 Spider
Location: Phoenix

Re: adhesive help

Post by johndemar »

Not sure what adhesive you tried, but 3M makes a rubber/plastic/emblem adhesive that works well.

That said I opted just to replace the wing seals. The new ones available never seem to fit according to multiple posts,
so I picked up good used ones from http://www.auto-italia.com. They fit perfectly and didn't cost much either.
76 Fiat 124 Spider
One owner since July 20, 1976
Amadio Motor, Jeannette, PA
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