Would you use used rubber?

David273cars said

See, Blownfish, that's the problem.....I am picky. My goal is to make this car look as if it just came from the factory.

That's why I thought I wanted to go with new. However, I am finding out that they just can't seem to make the new stuff fit right. That's why I tried to find out who had the best.

It seems like I'm going to end up using the old. just cleaning the heck out of it.

If the new lock strip is 1/8" thinner that the original does that cause a problem?


Dave

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The GM lock strip is all that is available, it is what Laysons sells as a replacement except they won't tell you what it actually is. There is a Ford lock strip that looks closer to the original except it is different where it locks in the rubber and it is even more narrow.

It does fit good except the original aluminum caps that cover the seams don't fit the strip very good, I just left them out and butted the strip. The issue with the corners is that they bend a little different and where the upper front corners of the rear glass is, the rubber don't lay the same as it does over the rest of the window. My buddy that helped install the glass owns a glass company and thought it fit real good and he is the most picky/anal guy I have ever met and the only one I would even think of messing with my car.

I think it will all depend on your car and rubber, no two cars will fit the same. My rubber was out of my car for 25 years and that may have been some of the fit issues that I seen.