[TR] TR4A - Door Seals Too Thick

[Jerry Van Vlack]

The TR4 trunk seals are too thick. I was told to buy the TR6 trunk seal for 
my 4A by a member of one of the big 3 and did so. Glad that I did, it works 
fine and is not too thick.
I bought door seals from TRF and painstakingly inserted them into the seal 
channel (fingers got pretty raw) using WD40 and a plastic seal tool. No 
issues with the thickness or the seals themselves, work well and their cross 
section looks to be identical as my original seals. You need to adjust the 
door latches properly so as the doors don't try and latch too deep into the 
door jamb and align well with the fender panels.
JVV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Hess" <allenhess at mgcarclub.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] TR4A - Door Seals Too Thick


>I did mine (TR4) about 11 years ago now. I ended up buying door and
> trunk seals from TRF and Moss. In the end, the trunk seal from one
> vendor fit and the door seal from the other fit. Each other seal was
> too thick. Trimming and slicing doesn't work. Unfortunately ($) I
> would recommend buying from one of the other vendors. There's also
> MacGregor's in Canada but they may only do MGs.
>
> Allen
> On Sep 14, 2011, at 2:00 PM, triumphs-request at autox.team.net wrote:
>
>> Years ago I bought both the inner and outer doors seals from TRF for
>> my TR4A.
>> With the outer door seals in place, I cannot close the door all the
>> way.
>> When I remove them, the doors close just fine.
>>
>> Are the TRF seals just too damned thick?
>> If so, has anyone a recommendation for seals that are not too thick?
>> Is there a way to thin mine out with a slice here and there?