fragmare

You know, those thin plastic sheets that seem like they're made of the same material as shower curtains that you have to rip off when fixing the door handle or lock mechanism? When you put new ones back on, what adhesive should I be using? Permatex weather stripping adhesive or equivalent? The manual simply states to use "adhesive" but makes no mention of what kind to use that I can find. Here's a pic for reference:

jbpnoman

Anything that can stand up to heat and humidity will work just fine, although I'm sure Honda has their own sealant, if you're that much of a purist.

DM7

This guy has a write up on vapor barriers and suggests using 'butyl tape'.

http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/doorseal/index.html

kwijibodavid

id probably use somthing along the lines of a silicon caulk like the kind u would use to seal a tub surround. it will do good with the humidity and moisture and its fairly sticky

jbpnoman

Butyl tape would work wonderfully, it would just be a bit on the overkill side. That's the kind of stuff used to seal headlight housings. If your body panels are seeing as much heat as headlight housings do, you have other things to worry about. Namely, why your car is trying to broil you and serve you for dinner.

Either way, it can be found online for pretty cheap, so in this case overkill wouldn't be a bad thing.

fragmare

Yea, I don't need anything fancy, just something that'll last for years and keep the rain out and the warm/cool air inside the car. I recently rebuilt my A/C compressor and installed a new drier and recharged the system, so I've got cold A/C now. I'd like that cold air to actually stay in the car, so I'll need to replace the plastic covers that i removed previously for fixing the door handle mechanisms. Interesting writeup there, though. Butyl tape does sound like a good deal if a $10 roll will be enough for both doors (i have a 2 dr)... hmm

jbpnoman

Roughly 7 feet per door, if I'm eyeballing it correctly. Probably a little less. a 20' roll should do the trick just fine.

fragmare

Here we go: http://www.dkhardware.com/product-83...utyl-tape.html

$5.09 + shipping for a 15' roll

gzes

Super glue? $1.00 at dollar tree