I got the idea of changing out my felts (again) when I saw what Kieth did with his on
Project: Ginger.
We both had the same issue, horrible quality with our reproduction parts. He discovered that Steele Rubber Products had some nice parts, bought them and had great success with them. So of course, I had to have some too.
After seeing the cost on the
Steele Rubber Products web site I decided to do a little research to see if I could find them a little cheaper, here is what I found out. When Keith received his, he noticed right away that the box had come from PUI. I knew that PUI was not manufacturing them so I looked around a little more. The only company I could find actually producing them here in the US is a company in Arkansas called Repops who only sells to select venders.
Turns out that Classic Industries is one of them and sells the parts for a great price and in two flavors,
stainless bead and
chrome bead, I got the chrome. Hope this helps guys.