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Alternate Windlace? 120-130

posted by  RepairmanJackal on  Sat Apr 19 16:06 CST 2008
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I've weighed the cost of proper reproduction windlace against the noise and unsatifying clunk when I shut my door. The noise is annoying, but not yet worth the cost of reproduction windlace from SwedishTreasures. $3.50/gallon gas will do that to you...

Still, I want to do something to make my ride more comfortable.


The original windlace does not seem to have a very long life. After about 30 years it starts to fall apart :) I'd like to find an alternate material. I've noticed that the trunkseal guy on eBay has a substitute windlace for the 1800, but not for the 120. This just does not seem right.

Windlace is has a basic Q or P-shaped profile, this seems pretty simple. Has anybody found an alternate material that works just as well?

I'm not as concerned about historical integrity here, just a functional interior seal around my door.

I've got some 1/4" rubber stuff for my house windows... Very similar to this

McMaster-Carr has a 1/2" bulb-seal tube 1142A78 at $1.22/ft

So far, nobody else seems to sell bulb seals in the small lengths I'd be looking for. Metro-Molded has the right stuff, but at $4.00/ft I'd have to forgo a week of gasoline just to afford it.






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