weatherstripping
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RfirstVette
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Mine came from eckler's. seems ok to me No problems so far.
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WILCOX on ebay, they have awesome weather stripping at a even better price I think I paid like 220.00 for the whold kit and it seals great.
John Dykstra
John Dykstra
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Joe,
I just installed weatherstripping on my '81 this past weekend. I bought it from "The Last Detail (Atlanta Corvette)" over the net. I got the kit that includes the hood seal, t-tops, front window pillar seals, rear door window seals, and door seals. Paid $210 plus shipping. They seem to be pretty good except that they are more stiff than the original stripping. I've been having a little trouble getting the windows to line up. Put some dielectric gel on the portions that will come in contact with the windows and it will help the glass to slide up the seal to break it in. T-tops will be hard to close at first but gets easier after the seal has a chance to compress. Removal and installation took longer than I thought so give yourself some time. Also, use the black adhesive instead of the yellow. It will look a lot cleaner as the yellow really stands out if any gets on anything you don't want it on. Good luck.
Rob
I just installed weatherstripping on my '81 this past weekend. I bought it from "The Last Detail (Atlanta Corvette)" over the net. I got the kit that includes the hood seal, t-tops, front window pillar seals, rear door window seals, and door seals. Paid $210 plus shipping. They seem to be pretty good except that they are more stiff than the original stripping. I've been having a little trouble getting the windows to line up. Put some dielectric gel on the portions that will come in contact with the windows and it will help the glass to slide up the seal to break it in. T-tops will be hard to close at first but gets easier after the seal has a chance to compress. Removal and installation took longer than I thought so give yourself some time. Also, use the black adhesive instead of the yellow. It will look a lot cleaner as the yellow really stands out if any gets on anything you don't want it on. Good luck.
Rob
Jim Martley
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I know that I am going against the rest of the opinions here but I found that NOTHING fits as well as the GM stuff. It is a WHOLE bunch more expensive that the aftermarket stuff but IT FITS!!!! I tried the aftermarket stuff and I couldn't get my door to close without slamming them, my windows wouldn't go up more than 3/4 up & I was afraid that the glass tops were going to break trying to get them latched. I ordered the GM stuff from a local dealer and I was amazed at the differance.
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Jim,
how much was the GM stripping?
how much was the GM stripping?
Jim Martley
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They cost me a little over $400 in 1998!! That was with a generous discount at the Chevy dealer.
Jim
Jim
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Wow,
they are pretty proud of their stuff, but like you said, if it works like it's supposed to, then that's what really matters.
they are pretty proud of their stuff, but like you said, if it works like it's supposed to, then that's what really matters.
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