jbreda Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 The best results are with the factory seals with the foam filler. The Aircraft Doors Seals product fits poorly, and does not have enough capability to take up space as needed. I had poor luck with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knute Posted September 13, 2011 Report Share Posted September 13, 2011 LASAR installed one of the newer door-mounted seals from aircraftdoorseals.com on my plane a couple of weeks ago, and I love it. Seals great, looks good, very quiet, and they said it was easy to install because the contour of the seal fit the door shape perfectly. They spent 3 hrs removing the old seal and adhesive, and 45 minutes installing the new. I have no experience with the older style from aircraftdoorseal.com, but they changed the design and got a new PMA a couple of years ago, which is fairly recent. The one I have is durable foam with a "v" shaped extrusion cross section. Just my .02 but I'm very happy so far. Previous seal was the factory rubber seal, and it only lasted 5 years before losing useful pliability and "sponginess" and made wind noise for the last 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbridges Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 Quote: knute LASAR installed one of the newer door-mounted seals from aircraftdoorseals.com on my plane a couple of weeks ago, and I love it. Seals great, looks good, very quiet, and they said it was easy to install because the contour of the seal fit the door shape perfectly. They spent 3 hrs removing the old seal and adhesive, and 45 minutes installing the new. I have no experience with the older style from aircraftdoorseal.com, but they changed the design and got a new PMA a couple of years ago, which is fairly recent. The one I have is durable foam with a "v" shaped extrusion cross section. Just my .02 but I'm very happy so far. Previous seal was the factory rubber seal, and it only lasted 5 years before losing useful pliability and "sponginess" and made wind noise for the last 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetdriven Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 I have a plastic "wire wheel" that is chucked in a drill. It is plastic "wire" embeded with some kind of grit. Anyways, it is safe for aluminum, some MEK and a wheel like that ought to take care of the old glue. http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/nbb350.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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