I bought outside door handle gaskets from Metro for my '68. Metro offers two sets. A molded set and a cheaper flat set. These are the better quality molded ones. I bought Metro because their weather stripping has such a good reputation.
I put my door handles on today. They are my original GM handles. I was less than impressed with the fit of the gaskets. The small one is not bad. I had to stretch it a little bit to get the edge of the handle inside the molded lip of the gasket.....The large gasket is does not conform well to the shape of the handle on the top. There is excessive space between the edge of the handle and the inside edge of the molded lip of the gasket. About an 1/8 of an inch. The hole for the mounting screw was off by an 1/8 inch. That was easy to fix.
What bothers me is when you look at the door handle, because of the excessive amount the gasket sticks out past the edge of the handle on the top and the thickness and bulky-ness of the gasket, the gasket jumps right out at you where I would think it should hardly be noticed. My original gaskets were to far gone to know what they looked like originally.
So I am wondering what gaskets other people have used that fit well and look like originals. The label on the bag lists all Pontiacs but the Metro website says these are also correct for '68 Camaros
Thanks......Dave
I put my door handles on today. They are my original GM handles. I was less than impressed with the fit of the gaskets. The small one is not bad. I had to stretch it a little bit to get the edge of the handle inside the molded lip of the gasket.....The large gasket is does not conform well to the shape of the handle on the top. There is excessive space between the edge of the handle and the inside edge of the molded lip of the gasket. About an 1/8 of an inch. The hole for the mounting screw was off by an 1/8 inch. That was easy to fix.
What bothers me is when you look at the door handle, because of the excessive amount the gasket sticks out past the edge of the handle on the top and the thickness and bulky-ness of the gasket, the gasket jumps right out at you where I would think it should hardly be noticed. My original gaskets were to far gone to know what they looked like originally.
So I am wondering what gaskets other people have used that fit well and look like originals. The label on the bag lists all Pontiacs but the Metro website says these are also correct for '68 Camaros
Thanks......Dave