[T3] WCM rubber warning!

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

I went to get the new rubber for the 71 that I had stored in a  box in my
garage and found that several of the window seals, including the windshield
had completely deteriorated in the last 3 years they have been in the box in
the garage!  Just a general crazing of the rubber EVERYWHERE!!

Most of it is now Junk!  $250 worth of new seals right in the trash!

Yes, that's right, trash!  Lifetime warrantee you say?  Well... that is a
scam with west coast metric.  Turns out that warrantee only applies to seals
"they manufacture" which is very few of them... and since they are not
marked there is no way to tell which ones, so all they need to say is that
they didn't make it and its not covered, which includes all the seals I
bought!

In checking sources this week It seems that ISP west has the best selection
and prices that are as good or better than elsewhere... but are their seals
of better quality?  I hate the idea of "pimping my ride" but how is their
customer service?

Looking for advice on getting window and door seals, OEM style, and good or
not good experience with the quality of the seals that have been had.  Im
NOT getting WCM again, but is the ISP west stuff actually different?

Thanks 

Keith\


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