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Offline Da67goatman

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Weather stripping
« on: January 03, 2011, 10:16:24 pm »
What do you recommend as far as weatherstripping?  My doors are kinda breezy and the cargo doors leak real bad.  Can I get pre-cut kit or a roll and DIY?  Do they make it in poly yet?  How about a Suburban sized kit or roll?  What brands are good better and best?  I have to do some research before I put it on my b-day list.  Thanks guys.
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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2011, 08:05:23 am »
I bought a Precision brand set for my truck, and they probably make the extra stuff for suburbans--not sure.  The seals and felts are very nice, supple rubber and fit well except for a small curve on my inner belt (on the door panel) that doesn't match up exactly right.  I might be able to get it to fit a little better when I get the time to work on it.  It is pricey stuff compared to the metro brand, but Precision is made in the U.S.A. (Wisconsin) which I like and the quality I'm told is much better.  At auto parts stores you can get a roll of door seal weatherstrip that would probably work for your doors as a cut-to-fit, but I don't know about the quality.  Chris on this site has mentioned before that he may be carrying the Precision stuff at some point soon, but if not there's several distributors.  I went with jcwhitney, but shop around as they weren't the best deal on every seal or kit.  I called Precision and they gave me a list of their distributors to check and also their retail prices if you want to shop direct (although their prices are often more than their distributors).
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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2011, 12:14:57 pm »
If not available on this site, try www.truckandcarshop.com   Reasonable prices, and I was happy with all the rubber I got from them for my '71. Will deal with them again on the present burb project when the time comes.
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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2011, 04:53:30 pm »
I have a large order headed my way from precision...
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Offline Da67goatman

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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2011, 02:05:44 pm »
Chris, have you got that shipment yet?  Can you at least send me quote that I can turn in to the insurance.  Thanks.
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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #5 on: February 01, 2011, 10:18:48 pm »
I have to vouch some more for precision's stuff.  It is real good.

If you read any of my posts about the window seals being crappy, they weren't.  I ordered the wrong stuff.  and since I got the RIGHT stuff.  the windows roll up and down like butter and there are no whistles anywhere, period.
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Re: Weather stripping
« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2011, 01:28:59 pm »
I have weatherstipping now.  Inner/outer scraper kits, complete door kits (both sides) all ready to ship.
I need to make time to get them posted....
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