Is the wheather stripping easly removable?

[Daniel_Rusu25]

Hi everyone! This is my first post about my first car, a Seat Leon 2015.

I want to buy and hardwire a dash camera and I would like to know if the wheather stripping can be removed and reatached easily, or is it sealed off and if I want to remove it, I need to reapply some sort of glue.
I want to temporarily put it aside around the A pillar in order to push the cable behind that piece of trim

TLDR: I want to temporarily remove the wheather stripping around the A pillar and I do not know if it easly removable and reattachable

 

[Mr Pig]

Are you talking about the interior A-pillar trim? That's what you need to take off to wire a dash-cam plus the trim on the end of the dash and remove the glove-box.

Yes, it's easy to remove. Just pull it away from the pillar at the top and it comes off. The bottom edge tucks down the side of the top of the dash so to take it out you need to lift it up and out. Note that there is a speaker in the trim piece and you need to unplug it before you can full remove the trim.

With the end cap and glove-box off it's easy to run your wire down to the fuse box. You can pop the wire under the edge of the headlining between the camera and A-pillar without disturbing the headlining. There is a gap there the cable will fit into.

 

[Daniel_Rusu25]

Are you talking about the interior A-pillar trim? That's what you need to take off to wire a dash-cam plus the trim on the end of the dash and remove the glove-box.

Yes, it's easy to remove. Just pull it away from the pillar at the top and it comes off. The bottom edge tucks down the side of the top of the dash so to take it out you need to lift it up and out. Note that there is a speaker in the trim piece and you need to unplug it before you can full remove the trim.

With the end cap and glove-box off it's easy to run your wire down to the fuse box. You can pop the wire under the edge of the headlining between the camera and A-pillar without disturbing the headlining. There is a gap there the cable will fit into.

That too, but I was wondering about that sillicone piece that sits right on the door frame that keeps water out
I attached a photo of the thing from online of a random car.

Oh and about the trim around the A pillar, the clips break off easly? I am afraid of breaking one since I have never done anything to a car.

 

[Mr Pig]

That too, but I was wondering about that sillicone piece that sits right on the door frame that keeps water out.

You don't need to remove that. Just the plastic A-pillar trim, the glove box and the dashboard end cap. The weather seal stays in place. You do need to tuck the lip on the dashboard end-cap under the weather seal when you refit it. A plastic trim tool is ideal, a few pounds off eBay.

If you pull the trim straight out the clips should not break. I've not had to replace any yet and I've fitted a few cameras. You just need to be careful when refitting. If you push the trim on without having the clips in the holes you'll bend the clips and need new ones. It's easy though, not like the tailgate trim!

 

[Daniel_Rusu25]

You don't need to remove that. Just the plastic A-pillar trim, the glove box and the dashboard end cap. The weather seal stays in place. You do need to tuck the lip on the dashboard end-cap under the weather seal when you refit it. A plastic trim tool is ideal, a few pounds off eBay.

If you pull the trim straight out the clips should not break. I've not had to replace any yet and I've fitted a few cameras. You just need to be careful when refitting. If you push the trim on without having the clips in the holes you'll bend the clips and need new ones. It's easy though, not like the tailgate trim!

Okay! Thanks a lot!