Front Door Opening Weatherstrip Replacement. Cadillac SRX 2009

For 1990-2009 cars only

Makes 🢒 Cadillac 🢒 2009 🢒 SRX 🢒 Body Repair 🢒 Bolted Exterior Body Panels and Closures 🢒 Front Door Opening Weatherstrip Replacement

Remove the carpet retainer. Refer to Front Carpet Retainer Replacement.
Start at the rear upper corner of the door opening and pull the weatherstrip away from the door opening flange.
Work around the door opening and remove the weatherstrip (1).

Important: The rubber side of the weatherstrip should be outboard of the car.

Working downward along the rear edge, install the weatherstrip (1) on the door opening flange ensuring that the carrier is fully seated in the corners.
From the center pillar working forward, install the weatherstrip along the roof rail and the window-pillar flange ensuring that the carrier is fully seated in the corners.
Using a rubber mallet, ensure that the weatherstrip is seated on the entire door opening flange.
Using a plastic trim stick or an equivalent, position the close-out lip over the interior trim around the door opening, or use the ripcord (2), on new weatherstrip, under the close-out lip, in order to reposition the lip over the interior trim.
Install the carpet retainer. Refer to Front Carpet Retainer Replacement.