OK, after slogging through 7 hours of rain, post Carlisle, and after several years (or more) of neglect, I have decided to re-do all of the weather strip on Pearl (just as soon as the freakin carpeting dries out).
In doing a search on here, it looks like the closed-cell "D" channel stuff from McMaster-Carr seems to be the most popular (p/n 93085K14 ) for placement under the hood, but are you successful rain-beaters using that for around the doors as well?? I'm also going to finally get around to upgrading my side curtains with thicker plexiglass (from .125" to .250") and will probably find something at McMaster-Carr on another catalog page to seal along the front and bottom of my curtains (I have naked plexiglass windows - no vinyl around them, just the rubber seals - for more visibility).
I may mess around with the windshield again, to see if I can get the lower gasket lip over the bottom "L" piece, the ways it's supposed to be, too. Worked pretty hard on that when I put the windshield in and eventually gave up trying but maybe the second time is the charm? The way it sits, now, the top of the windshield sits raked back about 1/2" more than it used to. We tried mounting the gasket on the glass and then seating it on the "L". I think if we get the gasket seated on the "L" first and THEN somehow press the glass in, it might work, or press the gasket onto the glass and then use a string up in the lip channel to pull the rubber lip out over the vertical "L" piece. Suggestions here would be appreciated (Carey?)
Lastly, since I'm doing this much, what's the latest state-of-the-art process (Jack - comments?) for sealing along the header. I used a couple of layers of semi-closed-cell stuff that works, but is kinda hokey and has taken a "set" on compression over the winter and needs updating as well.
Suggestions, anyone? This will be both a rain sealing process as well as tightening up the cockpit in anticipation of my gas heater this fall. I know.....If I had the heater going I could just start it up and everything would be dry in minutes!
Thanks, all!