Trunk Weatherstripping
04-26-2012, 10:22 AM
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Trunk Weatherstripping
About a year ago I install weatherstripping on the trunk lid. It raised the lid about 1/4 inch but I was told eventually the weatherstripping would compress and the lid would go back down. Well it ain't happened yet, and I have a small leak. Anybody got a photo of exactly where the weatherstripping is placed? Maybe I don't have it quite right. It's a 68 convertible.
Last edited by unit91; 04-26-2012 at 10:23 AM. Reason: forgot to state what year
04-26-2012, 08:09 PM
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Yukon Cornelius
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have you let the car sit in the sun? and have you tried to move the latch down since you installed the weatherstrip? you installed the weatherstrip on the body or the trunk lid??
04-27-2012, 06:11 AM
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I would guess you have a Scott Drake weatherstrip, which is way to thick. You just need to get in the trunk with a light and see where it's not sealing. We use all Dennis Carpenter for our weatherstripping.
04-27-2012, 09:27 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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We carry Carpenter trunk lid weatherstripping... But Carpenter has two offerings (we carry both), imported and U.S.-made. The imported w/s is not as soft as the U.S.-made.
The difference in price is only $7.50, yet people bought 800 of the imported coupe weatherstrips last year ($6.50) compared to 340 of the U.S-made ($13.85)..
It just goes to show (rather depressingly) that for all of the claims you see people make of "I would pay more for a U.S.-made product" or "I would pay more for a better quality product", when it comes time for them to put their money where their mouth is, they typically go cheap at a 2-to-1 ratio or worse.
This dynamic proves-out across our product lines sales statistics, which makes it difficult when we scream at manufacturers/suppliers/source to improve upon quality. Unless the market supports higher quality, the incentive to deliver it is diluted.
And that's my rant for today related to all the "everybody sells the same stuff, so just shop for the cheapest" chatter...
The difference in price is only $7.50, yet people bought 800 of the imported coupe weatherstrips last year ($6.50) compared to 340 of the U.S-made ($13.85)..
It just goes to show (rather depressingly) that for all of the claims you see people make of "I would pay more for a U.S.-made product" or "I would pay more for a better quality product", when it comes time for them to put their money where their mouth is, they typically go cheap at a 2-to-1 ratio or worse.
This dynamic proves-out across our product lines sales statistics, which makes it difficult when we scream at manufacturers/suppliers/source to improve upon quality. Unless the market supports higher quality, the incentive to deliver it is diluted.
And that's my rant for today related to all the "everybody sells the same stuff, so just shop for the cheapest" chatter...
Last edited by Rick@NPD; 04-27-2012 at 09:30 AM.