Looking for this rubber strip/seal

[Vinnie]

Hey folks,

The picture below shows a cross section of how I want to fit my front and rear window on a raised ledge. Modern cars have a rubber strip/seal like in this picture. I'm guessing it's glued to the glass before the glass is fitted and glued in. If there are any people with actual hands on experience with fitting glass in modern cars, please do chime in, especially if I'm going in the wrong direction with this!

There are lots of rubber strip providers and shops etc but I cannot find this one anywhere.

If you have an idea of where to get a strip like this or another strip like it, please let me know.

Cheers,
Vincent.

 

[giantpune]

In modern cars, since like 50 years ago, that black strip comes from a tube. It is black urethane. It squeezes out of the tube via a caulking gun. The glass is set in place. The urethane cures in about a day (you can drive around, but be somewhat careful slamming your car doors with the windows up). After its cured, the urethane turns into a flexible rubber.

That may be what you're thinking you need. When a windshield is removed, typically the urethane is cut out in strips. But it definitely didn't go in that way.

If you want to make the windshield from an old car fit like it does in a new car, that requires custom glass, or custom sheet metal work to change the size of the windshield opening. The term folks use when doing the conversion is flush-fit glass.