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Alpine/rear windows seals are roasted on my D2. Does anyone know how to replace them? I’ve seen lots of videos about D1 seals which seem to be thicker and a straight forward spare part/replacement but not for D2.
Alpine/rear windows seals are roasted on my D2. Does anyone know how to replace them? I’ve seen lots of videos about D1 seals which seem to be thicker and a straight forward spare part/replacement but not for D2.
This isn’t going to be a popular fix but it worked ok for me. Mine were not as cracked up as yours but I had to do something before I had the entire truck painted. I took a razor and cut the rubber out around the window, cleaned everything really well and blew out as much as I could with compressed air. Then I taped off the window leaving as much paint showing as what the original seal covered and used black window sealant to make a new seal. While the sealant was still wet I sprayed it with soapy water and with a latex glove smoothed it out. Let it dry, peeled the tape and scraped the excess off the glass with a razor.
If I had a couple attempts before it would look better but my end result doesn’t look terrible.
I'd advise against this. It's impossible to make a water tight seal using that method, and when water eventually drives it's way past that caulking, it'll take forever to dry and begin corroding the steel roof, as it's trapped and can't fully dry properly. "If it can't dry, it's gonna die"
The alpine seals, OP, that you're wanting to fix are just cosmetic. Just cut out what you see and tidy it up if it's really bothering you. The real seal is the cement that's used to bond the glass to the roof skin.