Final Touch
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, 11-01-2013 at 10:37 PM (12910 Views)
Replacing the right door upper weatherstrip.
If you can close your door with ease,
your weatherstrip is already tired and is no longer pluffy.
When the NSX is new, you must keep applying force on the
door lever area until the door is fully closed otherwise,
it won’t shut properly.
If you own an early model NSX,
you must first check the type of front triangle sash before
replacing this weatherstrip.
Regardless of the year model,
you will receive the later design weatherstrip that is only
compatible with the later spec front triangle sash.
Unfortunately, the parts manufacture changed the sash design
without telling Honda so on the parts system,
there is only one parts no. for each side on all 91 -05 NSX
but actually,
there are two different types exist.
[Edit: The original design on the blue NSX and
the later spec one on my red NSX.]
Therefore, if you just replace the weatherstrip on the
early model NSX, water and air will leak into the cabin.
On almost all of the NSX that I carried out the Health Check,
the weatherstrip was not installed properly
if it was removed in the past.
You must push the ‘rib’ of the weatherstrip behind the
‘lip’ of the pillar retainer.
Most of the time,
the rib was just sitting on top of the lip and
if not addressed early enough,
the weatherstrip will take set and if you try to
re-install it properly later,
it will cause wind noise as it was already deformed to
the wrong shape.
You need to be very careful not to damage the
new weatherstrip during the installation.
Weatherstrip properly intalled.
If yours doesn’t line up against the panel like this,
it’s not installed properly.
Now it requires extra force to close the door properly
but on this NSX, the door glass alignment is slightly off
so not too bad.
There is no point in adjusting the glass alignment
at this stage because the power window speed itself
is still very fast.
Quick test driving session to check the
wind and any rattling noise.
Happy with the result so applied extra water around the
right side door for leak check while washing the car.
No issues so just quickly blow dry the paint work.
Thank you to my garden blower especially in the cold winter.
I’m glad I didn’t have to wash the car in the rain.
Good sign for 2013.
JDM spec TB kit contains two stickers inside the package.
As seen before, attached it to the door opening.
Due to holiday season and other commitment,
it tool extra time for the service but finally
the NSX is ready to be returned to the owner.
As mentioned in the past,
you only need my Engine Refresh every 10 years.
Thank you for using my service and
hope you will enjoy your NSX for many years.
Regards,
Kaz