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Old 05-21-2003 | 10:51 PM
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T-Top edge seal/trim???

Does anyone know where or if you can get the black seal that goes around a glass t-top? Im swapping over from lexan to glass. Or do you glass t-top owners know if it fine to use them with out. Im guessing not, because i know if you hit the edge of a tempered piece of glass it will shatter.
Old 05-21-2003 | 10:59 PM
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mine are glass all around exept on the lach side. t-tops are not your run of the mill glass, much stronger, less temper.
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Old 05-22-2003 | 01:07 AM
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Its considered a piece of weatherstripping. You can find them on ebay from time to time. Look for T-Top weatherstripping. I think the pieces you want are the T-Top sweeps.
Old 05-22-2003 | 12:21 PM
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This is the part im talking about.
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Old 05-22-2003 | 05:44 PM
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I heard a good place would be Sunroof Doctor
Old 05-22-2003 | 06:42 PM
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glass t-tops didn't come with that trim.
Old 05-23-2003 | 04:55 AM
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Originally posted by Freeze
glass t-tops didn't come with that trim.
Mine did There was a '90 IROC-Z with t-tops in the shop yesterday that had no trim around the edges though.
Old 05-23-2003 | 07:24 AM
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Ok, actually some of the early glass t-tops had that trim. But they also had hooks for mounting instead of the later pins.
Old 05-24-2003 | 06:48 PM
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mine has the pins as well as the strip on the outside...the 82s had the hooks and also had that trim
Old 05-24-2003 | 08:21 PM
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I've got pins on both my sets and one set has the trim and the other doesn't. Both are off of an 86 Trans Am.
Old 05-25-2003 | 10:13 PM
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come to think of it, it probably depends on what brand (or type) you have. the ones in the pic that i posted are soft ray type, i have 2 sets like that. then there are the fisher and the plexi types, all of which have different mounting types.
keep in mind that the different types off glass requier diff seals
thanks
anthony.
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