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eightbanger · 08-31-2008, 09:05 PM

Does anyone know if they make clip on door Weatherstrip for our Trucks, the type with the metal or clips inbeded in the rubber which grips on. I purchased replacement glue on ones a couple of mths ago and have to keep glueing them were they get brushed against getting in and out, and they are just generaly not secure enough.

tcb-1 · 08-31-2008, 09:15 PM

wow mate, your up early!!! it's 8pm here, that means early morning there? you need your sleep!!

there have been several guys who purchased mid 90's GM truck weather strip. this type of weather stripping has a metal insert that is mounted by pushing it on the body seam.

hopefully, others who have done this trick will chime in. I want to do this modification as well. the glue on type is a b^tch to install, or at least I think it is.....

eightbanger · 08-31-2008, 09:29 PM

Thanks Doug, glad someone else agrees it's just not ever secure enough and real messy, yes it's way past my bedtime mate 3.40am, working at home tomorow so no early start.

QKENUF4U · 08-31-2008, 09:31 PM

yep gm truck stuff works awesome. just push it on and its done. will be a SLAM YOUR DOOR fit for a long time but well worth it to me when i had my 71. one of the vendors on here sells it but not sure which one it was now. or you can go to the junk yard and steal it from a truck there.

tcb-1 · 08-31-2008, 09:33 PM

you may try checking salvage yards as well for weather stripping as well.

you may find something off of a wrecked lorry! see, I've learned some British from my favorite show, Top Gear!!!

eightbanger · 08-31-2008, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tcb-1

you may try checking salvage yards as well for weather stripping as well.

you may find something off of a wrecked lorry! see, I've learned some British from my favorite show, Top Gear!!!

Ah yes! but that would only work if it was an American Lorry
But here's the real test, if a Lorry is a Truck then what's a Lolly?

Nigel (don't laugh it was'nt my choice)

tcb-1 · 08-31-2008, 10:17 PM

isn't lolly describing money??

I've been said to lolly gag, but that's another story....

eightbanger · 08-31-2008, 10:32 PM

Man that is good! that's slang for Money, but I was going for Lolly Pop...aka Popsicle

I love Top Gear too, but it does piss me off when Clarkson starts slaging off Amereican motors...this is the guy that bought a GT40 remember.

tcb-1 · 08-31-2008, 10:45 PM

yes he hates American iron but bought the GT40.....

but it didn't start after the show he introduced it on because the anti-theft system fouled up...... but that's what you get for talking trash about Yank iron!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by eightbanger

Man that is good! that's slang for Money, but I was going for Lolly Pop...aka Popsicle

I love Top Gear too, but it does piss me off when Clarkson starts slaging off Amereican motors...this is the guy that bought a GT40 remember.

eightbanger · 08-31-2008, 11:06 PM

This is funny Doug....have a look.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...icle571088.ece

tcb-1 · 08-31-2008, 11:30 PM

poor Jeremy. If I had his money, I'd keep the race prepped, carbon fibered Aston Martin they had on the show a few weeks back. "The Stig" made it around the track the fastest of any car tested. beautiful and fast!!!

Great stuff, mate. Cheers!

eightbanger · 09-01-2008, 04:22 PM

Back to the origianal question, is there a manufacturer or vendor who supplies this kind of weatherstrip????

tcb-1 · 09-01-2008, 05:32 PM

yes, we got off topic there for a bit.

do you have a GM parts distributor there?? OR do you have any type of automotive restoration houses in the UK??

did a quick search and found this UK house that may be what your looking for:

http://www.automobiletrim.com/window-channel.html

eightbanger · 09-01-2008, 07:44 PM

Doug, your a gent!!...I feel a bit of a plonker not finding that for myself I was searching the US and forgot about my own backyard. Anywho i'll let you know how I get on when I hear back from them as regards them having something close to the profile that fits our Trucks.

Early night tonight...i'm shot after being on here into the wee smalll hours last night.

tcb-1 · 09-01-2008, 09:18 PM

I just wished I had a good cross section picture for you. I'm attending a truck show this weekend, so I will do some looking to see if I can get a pic for you.

but in the interim, this is what you'll be looking for.....

http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10101

eightbanger · 09-02-2008, 12:09 PM

Just been contacted by Wes at Classic Heartbeat, and he says that he has the clip on Weater Strip.
Here is a pic of the profile of our Trucks door Weather Strip for the record.

c10crazy · 09-02-2008, 12:24 PM

Many here have used the 83-92' S-10 trucks/Blazer weatherstripping! It's cheap at the junkyard and very high quality too!

eightbanger · 09-02-2008, 12:29 PM

Cheers c10crazy.

QKENUF4U · 09-02-2008, 12:52 PM

WES is the guy i got mine from.

08-31-2008, 09:05 PM	#1
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Need Weaterstrip Advice Does anyone know if they make clip on door Weatherstrip for our Trucks, the type with the metal or clips inbeded in the rubber which grips on. I purchased replacement glue on ones a couple of mths ago and have to keep glueing them were they get brushed against getting in and out, and they are just generaly not secure enough. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger Last edited by eightbanger; 08-31-2008 at 10:40 PM.

08-31-2008, 09:15 PM	#2
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice wow mate, your up early!!! it's 8pm here, that means early morning there? you need your sleep!! there have been several guys who purchased mid 90's GM truck weather strip. this type of weather stripping has a metal insert that is mounted by pushing it on the body seam. hopefully, others who have done this trick will chime in. I want to do this modification as well. the glue on type is a b^tch to install, or at least I think it is..... __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

08-31-2008, 09:29 PM	#3
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Thanks Doug, glad someone else agrees it's just not ever secure enough and real messy, yes it's way past my bedtime mate 3.40am, working at home tomorow so no early start. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

08-31-2008, 09:31 PM	#4
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice yep gm truck stuff works awesome. just push it on and its done. will be a SLAM YOUR DOOR fit for a long time but well worth it to me when i had my 71. one of the vendors on here sells it but not sure which one it was now. or you can go to the junk yard and steal it from a truck there.

08-31-2008, 09:33 PM	#5
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice you may try checking salvage yards as well for weather stripping as well. you may find something off of a wrecked lorry! see, I've learned some British from my favorite show, Top Gear!!! __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

08-31-2008, 10:17 PM	#7
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice isn't lolly describing money?? I've been said to lolly gag, but that's another story.... __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

08-31-2008, 10:32 PM	#8
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Man that is good! that's slang for Money, but I was going for Lolly Pop...aka Popsicle I love Top Gear too, but it does piss me off when Clarkson starts slaging off Amereican motors...this is the guy that bought a GT40 remember. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

08-31-2008, 11:06 PM	#10
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice This is funny Doug....have a look. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/dri...icle571088.ece __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

08-31-2008, 11:30 PM	#11
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice poor Jeremy. If I had his money, I'd keep the race prepped, carbon fibered Aston Martin they had on the show a few weeks back. "The Stig" made it around the track the fastest of any car tested. beautiful and fast!!! Great stuff, mate. Cheers! __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

09-01-2008, 04:22 PM	#12
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Back to the origianal question, is there a manufacturer or vendor who supplies this kind of weatherstrip???? __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

09-01-2008, 05:32 PM	#13
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice yes, we got off topic there for a bit. do you have a GM parts distributor there?? OR do you have any type of automotive restoration houses in the UK?? did a quick search and found this UK house that may be what your looking for: http://www.automobiletrim.com/window-channel.html __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson Last edited by tcb-1; 09-01-2008 at 05:40 PM.

09-01-2008, 07:44 PM	#14
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Doug, your a gent!!...I feel a bit of a plonker not finding that for myself I was searching the US and forgot about my own backyard. Anywho i'll let you know how I get on when I hear back from them as regards them having something close to the profile that fits our Trucks. Early night tonight...i'm shot after being on here into the wee smalll hours last night. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

09-01-2008, 09:18 PM	#15
tcb-1 Nothing to see here..... Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 4,625	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice I just wished I had a good cross section picture for you. I'm attending a truck show this weekend, so I will do some looking to see if I can get a pic for you. but in the interim, this is what you'll be looking for..... http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/...atalogId=10101 __________________ Doug THANK YOU to our American Soldiers & Veterans - POW MIA "You will NEVER be forgotten". The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not. Thomas Jefferson

09-02-2008, 12:09 PM	#16
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Just been contacted by Wes at Classic Heartbeat, and he says that he has the clip on Weater Strip. Here is a pic of the profile of our Trucks door Weather Strip for the record. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

09-02-2008, 12:24 PM	#17
c10crazy Like a Rock! Join Date: May 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,092	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Many here have used the 83-92' S-10 trucks/Blazer weatherstripping! It's cheap at the junkyard and very high quality too! __________________ 69 LWB Runs great - work in progress Mess with me and you mess with the whole trailer park!



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09-02-2008, 12:29 PM	#18
eightbanger 454 MAKES IT ROAR Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Essex, U.K Posts: 2,701	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice Cheers c10crazy. __________________ Nigel. An American living in a British body. 1971 Chevy Cheyenne 10 454 "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty" - Thomas Jefferson No more pain. 03.12.60 -- 12.28.10 http://www.youtube.com/Eightbanger

09-02-2008, 12:52 PM	#19
QKENUF4U Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: SUNNY WARM BIKE RIDING COTTONWOOD ARIZONA Posts: 2,097	Re: Need Weaterstrip Advice WES is the guy i got mine from.

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