dboz67
May 23rd, 08, 11:56 AM
Does anyone reccomend a certain company to get all new rubber and seals for your car?? I've got a 67 convertible and it is time to replace all the things that can leak. And does anyone have an idea of cost to purchase and cost to have it installed??
Unreal
May 23rd, 08, 07:14 PM
Cost can be anywhere from 400 or so, on up. On the cheaper side, Steele products available from many of the resto houses, to the latex by OER, available from a few resto houses, to NOS, available mostly from eBay. All NOS would be probably $3-4K.
Mark Rossiter
May 24th, 08, 05:19 AM
Unreal is correct in saying that NOS GM is the most expensive route to go, if you can find it. The window seals (aka 'fuzzies') show up on a semi-regular basis on eBay and other Internet sources. Some are easier to find than others. (After several years of looking, I have yet to find a left inner quarter window seal.) Also, be advised that many eBay sellers incorrectly identify the window seals as fitting all three years of first gen Camaros. Obviously, due to the wing windows, window seals for 67 will not fit 68 and 69 windows and visa versa. Some of the convertible window seals are different than those of the coupe, so become familiar with the correct GM part numbers before plunking down your money.
Trunk seals are also fairly common, but the 'original' NOS version with the embedded white thread always goes for many hundreds of dollars. NOS door seals are very hard to find and when they do come up they also command very big bucks.
If you want to know the prices for the aftermarket stuff, check on most any of the internet sites such as Rick's or Classic Industries, etc. Metro has its own website as does Sof-Seal and Heartbeat City. I can't help with estimates on installation. Perhaps others can chime in on that. A lot of it you can do yourself with help from others on this forum.
X33D80
May 24th, 08, 05:22 AM
The Metro door and trunk seals are high quality and sold at www.summitracing.com.
67 RSS
May 24th, 08, 09:55 AM
Some are easier to find than others. (After several years of looking, I have yet to find a left inner quarter window seal.)
Same here found all NOS- took a few years except the left inner quarter! I'm happy with HBC door seal and roof rail seal. Metro has good rep too. Found one pass side NOS door seal.
The repop fuzzies are closest to original Im told..I had a set nice quality..the metal bead is 1/32 thicker (from memory)...doesnt sound like much until you mix it with NOS pieces.
Unreal
May 24th, 08, 10:38 AM
The biggest difference between the original fuzzies and repops is the ends of the beads. On all the repops I have seen, the ends are simply cut square, while originals and NOS have bullet shaped ends. I have a full set of inner and outer fuzzies, that I spent hours and hours reworking the ends to make them bullet shaped. I ended up finding an original set of door panels and rear panels with perfect fuzzies, and a full set of NOS outers. I used a ceramic tile nipper and a file and sandpaper to get mine right.
Mark is right about the NOS inner quarter pieces...they are impossible to find. Before I found the original door panels, I had taken an NOS inner door fuzzie, cut it and arched it to fit the rears, and installed them on a set of repop rear panels. Then I found the original panels so I sold the repop panels with the NOS fuzzies.
PS If you are interested in my reworked fuzzies, PM me.
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dboz67
May 28th, 08, 08:28 AM
Thank you all for your direction.