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Re: [T3] WCM rubber warning!
<x-html><!x-stuff-for-pete base="" src="" id="0" charset="iso-8859-1/macintosh">I got German door seals from California Pacific/ JBugs.<br>They're not cheap, but they're OEM (style), and much better<br>than the Brazilian seals. I've had to replace my tail light<br>seals once a year, they're from WCM<br><br><b><i>Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> I went to get the new rubber for the 71 that I had stored in a box in my<br>garage and found that several of the window seals, including the windshield<br>had completely deteriorated in the last 3 years they have been in the box in<br>the garage! Just a general crazing of the rubber EVERYWHERE!!<br><br>Most of it is now Junk! $250 worth of new seals right in the trash!<br><br>Yes, that's right, trash! Lifetime warrantee you say? Well... that is a<br>scam with west coast metric. Turns out that warrantee only applies to seals<br>"they manufacture" which is very few of
them... and since they are not<br>marked there is no way to tell which ones, so all they need to say is that<br>they didn't make it and its not covered, which includes all the seals I<br>bought!<br><br>In checking sources this week It seems that ISP west has the best selection<br>and prices that are as good or better than elsewhere... but are their seals<br>of better quality? I hate the idea of "pimping my ride" but how is their<br>customer service?<br><br>Looking for advice on getting window and door seals, OEM style, and good or<br>not good experience with the quality of the seals that have been had. Im<br>NOT getting WCM again, but is the ISP west stuff actually different?<br><br>Thanks <br><br>Keith\<br><br><br>Top Notch Restorations<br>topnotch@nycap.rr.com <br>http://members.aol.com/radiorest/main.htm<br>71 Squareback<br>65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"<br>65 Squareback "Eggcrate"<br>87 golf "Winterat"<br>93 RX7 "Redstur"<br>and if your looking for the
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