Looking for a recommendation for an adhesive to glue down the chrome strips at the sides of the windshield. Will a weatherstrip adhesive do the job? Mine were installed by the shop that did the windshield, presumably using a pro adhesive (four blobs) and one of the strips came loose. Hate to loose one on the highway!
John;
I think there are a couple of screws through the back side of the chrome strip into the A pillar, at least there is on my car. I did not use any adhesive on mine as I thought it might promote rust.
Sikkaflex is the stuff that I used: just don’t use a whole lot of it. Use it on the ends of the hockey sticks, by the windshield trim, and a little bit on the top, and a fillet like Clive mentioned.
Don’t try to fill the whole back side otherwise you will never get it off without completely and utterly destroying the hockey sticks.
3M worked fine for me. You just have to use it right. Clean both parts well, apply to both parts, and wait a few minutes till it gets tacky, then add more to one part and assemble. Tape it down with strong tape for a day. Mine have never budged.
I would advise against using a urethane adhesive for rubber weatherstrip. Not that it won’t work, it will - but it will too well.
If you ever have to remove it, you’ll be repainting the area you applied it to. It won’t scrape off and can’t be dissolved (at least by anything that leaves the paint intact.)
3M type weatherstrip adhesives are more than adequate to glue in rubber weatherstrip, and can be cleaned off if removed. The caveat is using the right type of adhesive depending on the type of rubber the seals are made of.
If the seals are made of regular rubber, 3M Super weatherstrip adhesive does the job. If the rubber is EPDM type rubber, you must use the regular 3M weatherstrip adhesive (non-Super.) The Super adhesive doesn’t stick well to EPDM rubber and peels off easily. The regular 3M holds them tight.
For the chrome A-pillar hockey sticks, the 3M adhesives worked well. However, I spent a lot of time getting the chrome to fit better. The previous owner used a enormous amount of a putty like substance to glue them on, and they still peeled off very readily.
The ball of putty in the middle represents about 1/3 of the amount I removed when I redid both chrome hockey sticks.
I learned about this suction clamp tool from another poster here. This was very important to get a tight fit when gluing the chrome on. After this, they’ve stayed on tight even after a 500 mile trip (80% at freeway speeds.)