Heavy-Duty U+O Ring Universal Garage Door Bottom Seals Weatherstrip Weather Stripping Rubber with Aluminum Track Retainer Kit, Black (16 FT, 1-1/4" Width)

Installation overall was an easy couple of hours one cool afternoon.Aluminum bottom plate pieces with T-shaped grooves for the flexible seal are nicely machined and rigid. My large single garage door was not quite as wide as the 16 foot seal package I'd ordered, but the metal was easy to trim down to suit with a hacksaw and the seal with a large pair of snippers.Levered the seal into the T grooves with a plastic car trim panel tool I had on hand. There's a fair amount of wiggle room such that about every inch down the seal simply pressing into it saw it softly snap snugly into place.The only ding for me was the self-tapping screws. A few managed to strip the metal and spin freely, which necessitated pulling those out in favor of some wider ones. Not a huge deal, they appear to be overall doing nicely to secure the metal plates to the roughly A-framed sheet metal on the bottom panel of the garage door. They do jut upwards some but with the surrounding metal you'd be hard pressed to fall onto them and get jabbed (some scrap styrofoam would nicely cover the protrusions in case of wayward pets or toddlers).After adjusting downward extent of the door closure on the opener, there is now a lot less light intrusion and thus a significantly better seal than the one it replaces (which was inferior in that it had just a few inches of the relatively rigid tubing at either end rather than across the entire length of the seal).Photos show the installed seal with garage door fully open (note angle from horizontal in red), the disposition of extra seal in extra length of aluminum rail, and how I positioned and used the trim tool to snap the seal into the grooves.

Good product, easy install with a few hand tools. Seals properly. Just be aware that you may have to recalibrate your electric garage door opener's closing tolerance as the thickness of the rubber seal will cause your door to sit higher than normal. The adjustment was an easy fix and the seal works well.

After looking at a lot of competing products, I chose this one from Bowsen specifically because of the uniquely shaped channels on the aluminum track, and the extra "O" ring element in the seal itself. The track was easy to install. (Based on many comments I came across about garage door seal products in general, I opted to use better screws than the ones supplied, just in case). When it came to installing the rubber seal into the track, it turned out that its unique curved design (unlike the two 90-degree square corners on most other products) did work perfectly to make installing the seal with a screw driver far easier than pulling it along the full length of the track (as the other design requires). And that feature turned out to be very welcome later as I found I had to remove and reinstall the seal several times in order to deal with an unexpected issue created by the internal "O" ring in the seal. Though I still think the O-ring is a great idea and probably works perfectly in many other situations, it didn't work well with mine. What I encountered was that the added solidity and resistance provided by the O-ring made it impossible to close the door completely. Compared with the old, flat seal it replaced, the additional volume and solidity of the seal added "stack height" that prevented the door from descending as far as it had before, which prevented the top panel from completing its path to close against the top of the door frame. Also, the volume of the seal caused it to contact and press into the door frame while descending, which triggered the pressure sensor in the lift mechanism and engaged the safety reversal system. Even after changing the force factor pressure sensor to the lowest possible setting, and readjusting the close limit as much as possible, the door simply wouldn't close properly. I had to uninstall and reinstall the seal several times (which was thankfully easy due to the design) as I experimented with what I needed to do in order to get the seal to work with my door. I tried some intermediate steps (partial incisions and excisions) but eventually found that I needed to cut the O-ring segment completely out of the seal to finally achieve the flexibility (and related "collapsibility") that was necessary to allow the door to lower and close as much as it had before. So, just be aware that this kind of seal (with the integrated O-ring) adds some stack height to a door that might pose some issues in some circumstances.

After removing the original Overhead Door retainer that after 10 yrs was beginning to rust, and the vinyl badly cracked and flattened seal, installation of the segmented new retainer went well. The provided self-tapping screw’s worked well into the steel door bottom. The new gray vinyl seal, with its internal tubing configuration, slipped on fairly well with the assistance of a second person. The provided plugs for the tube configuration ends are a good feature. This vinyl seal is significantly more robust than the original as are the retainer strips! I’m pleased with the results!

Easy install. Able to insert seal into track w/o feeding from one end. Feed into the track with a screwdriver. Took a little time, but was very easy. Started trying to feed like everyone else was doing and that was a pain. The only other tip I might add. Tape or have someone hold the loose end up while feeding into the track.

This was easy to install and worked well. The track is aluminum and in 3 sections. It is easily cut with any saw to the correct length as needed. Getting the rubber seal into the track takes a little while but is not difficult. Overall good replacement for old door seal where there is not currently a good track at the bottom of the door..

Super easy to install, i got a little help from my wife, that tube inside was kinked during shipping but over time it got unkinked and now it seals to the ground perfectly fine. I recommend this over the normal seal that comes with garage door

Good product at a good price

So easy to replace.

Easy to install, came with instructions that came in handy when it came to getting the seal in the track, I was gunna try and just slide it in the whole way but they actually say to push the T shape part in the whole way. A little tedious to get the rubber seal in the track but wasn't hard, just time consuming. I'm going to find a epoxy to mold it to the door since I don't trust the screws long term, they went into a insulated door and there isn't much metal to hold onto. Seems like a quality unit, definitely too early to say how it holds up though.

Quick delivery. One hour total install on a custom 10 foot, heavy wood door. Took 15 minutes jus to remove old one as screws were rusted in and clean everything off. Tried manufacturer instructions to place in one side on the rail, then work the other side in. Gave up on that one! Sprayed the whole rail with Silicon spray. Laid the rubber length in a pile at the starting feed end and used left hand to shape/bend into the U shape, feeding it into rail slots and my right hand to slide it along the rail. No issue to feed down the whole length, easily. Trimmed the few inches of excess off, silicon glued in the end plugs after dry running opener. No issues. Silicon beaded the rail to seal bottom door edge - down the inner and outer lengths and done. Ordered two more for my other two doors. Hopefully mice won't chew the bottom ends out over winter, but happy so far!!! Sealed great and no opener adjustment needed.