[Captain Tom]

Have others had the problem that I have. I put in new weather stripping and now my doors can't be adjusted enough to close. It seems way too tight. It is a 1957 2dr hard top. The product came from Danchuk and they have two grades. One with the original ends and lower priced, without. I wish I had spent just a little more and gotten the ones that compare to the original,but the sales person said that either would work fine. Anyway if you have a solution,I would be glad to listen.
Thanks,
Captain Tom

 

[Blackie]

some of the gaskets are way to large, when getting weatherstrip/gaskets try to get T & N ,which is sold by a few venders, I think a member here named Gene or East Coast Chevy sells them

 

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I had a similar issue with my 53 pickup. Could only get the first click..so moved the door catches out a bit. after a few weeks, the gaskets compressed enough to re-adjust. If I do it again a better part will be used, I heard good things about "soft seal" http://www.soffseal.com/index.htm, but never used them myself. Good luck!
D

 

[chevman57]

The only othe solution would be to set it out in the sun and let the gasket warm up and then shut it and let it set for awhile.
Terry

 

[GrayHeadedMule]

Weatherstripping

Also I would use adhesive to make sure the weatherstripping stays in place. I did the same thing you did and now some of the "plastic" tabs have broken off and let the weatherstripping move to locations where it's not supposed to be! Also T&N is a softer material than Soft Seal. Soooo if I had it to do over I would go with T&N instead of Soft Seal

 

[sg5492]

The only othe solution would be to set it out in the sun and let the gasket warm up and then shut it and let it set for awhile.
Terry

That is good info Terry. That is what we did with mine.
John