The seals on the back glass of my wagon are messed up. The one at the top was corroded and separating. The lower one is missing a chunk and looks swollen like it's corroded as well.

So I pulled a top seal from a car in the jy the other day and that went on my car pretty easy. Looks great.

The lower one is another story. I pulled the one from the salvage yard and it was bent so I knew I could not use it. So I decided to simply pull mine off and leave it off, see if I really needed it. Well, it wouldn't come off. The right side had a bunch of silicone on it and the rest of it (except the left 3 inches that was missing) was rotted and just come off in about 100 chips. I got most of it off but there is still a lot of the inner top edge still in there. Does that window come off so I can get that seal out or should I just clean it up and touch up the scratches so it doesn't try to rust. Stupid thing did bite me.

I have a '99 or '00 XC rear hatch in storage, I want to swap them but it's gold and not black and has the XC strips and emblems on it so I didn't want to swap it until I had the money to have it painted. The nice thing about it is the 3rd brake light, very nice multi-bulb style.

 

Alot of times, with those rubber seals, they will perrish and be in need of replacement anyway. I would just clean it up for now, and just wait until you are able to install the new hatch and/or paint it.

 

Well, I finally did dig the rest of that seal out and touched up the area. Looks better than the rotted seal.

 

Well, hope it works out for you. Keep us posted on the progress

 

Weird I read this now. I was just touching up my seal with some 3M adhesive today. Mine was sagging a little bit and was just a visual annoyance. PS: Autozone does sell a bunch of weatherstrip rolls for an affordable price if you decide to do something custom.

 

Part numbers for the weatherstrippings?