| 摘要 |
<p>A method of sealing a gap between body panels in a motor vehicle body is described in preparation for repainting the panels. The method involves sealing the gap between a first static part and a second moveable part, e.g. between a door post and door. The method comprises attaching a conformable elongate sealing member (1) to the static part (2) by an adhesive track (4) so that a first face (12) of the member is aligned with an adjacent body panel (13), and closing said second part onto the member to compress the member and seal the gap, said member comprising an open-celled plastic foam and having a second face (16) at right angles to the first face, the second face bearing an adhesive track (4) by which the member is attached to the static part and which track is spaced from said first face. The invention includes a sealing member for sealing a gap between panels of a motor vehicle, said member comprising an elongate, conformable, open-celled, plastics foam having a cross-sectional shape which is substantially rectangular and has an ahdesive track extending lengthwise of the foam member along one face, the track being spaced from both opposite edges of the face. The conformable elongate sealing member is attached to the static part by an adhesive track so that a first face of the member is alinged with an adjacent body panel, and closing said second part onto the member to compress the member and seal the gap, said member comprising an open-celled plastic foam and having a second face at right angles to the first face, the second face bearing an adhesive track by which the member is attached to the static part and which track is spaced from said first face.</p> |
