a_hogdriver

Just washed my 1995 C4 for the first time today. One week after purchase. Wouldn't you know it, it starts to rain. Got it in the garage before the first drops hit the ground.

I noticed a few very small leaks from the wash.

Where is a good place to start looking for a full weatherstrip kit for the entire car. It has never been replaced and it looks very bad in places. Also, I'd like to hear from those who have replaced their weatherstrip and have any hints to expedite and ease the replacement.

littlesk8cracker

Wilcox is #1 for weatherstripping. pricey, but cheap weatherstriping wont fit right, wont seal right, and wont last long

cubetop

I second Wilcox. Nice sale going on right now. Mechanic put my new set in and its perfect!

NVDetroit

has anyone used the weather stripping from Mid America? Im getting ready to to my 94.

rx4arx

Take some pictures of all old installations. I found I referred back to them more than once.

Be diligent and clean out the retainers. Some have used dental tools - I found that I could use various nails that I bent in the vise in order to custom make a suitable bend to clean the old w/s and glue out.

You will need adhesive remover.

On reinstall, I trial installed and once lined up used a paint pen to make some reference marks so when I glued them in I kind of knew where they needed to be aligned to.

Get a couple of rattle cans of black paint. Useful because the adhesive remover and your scraping away old stuff will remove the existing black paint.

If you go slowly and use care, you will probably be able to reuse all retainers.

Now that it's done, the leak up at the corner of the A pillar where it joins the targa top has stopped leaking. I am still chasing the leaks somewhere in the area or the side mirrors. At least my pants are dry in rain now. Just need to work on keeping the shoes dry.

mfi

The difference with weatherstripping is all the things that the cheap ones don't have. Metal retainers on the ends, a harder material on some parts where the retainers go. I have found a huge difference in the quality. I just did my door mains and I doubt they will hold up, but I bought them 7 years ago and just never did them. They are just foam rubber, nothing like the ones I took off..had to trim the ends so the door panels would sit right..looks like crap but for now it will have to do. I like the OEM GM stuff, very expensive but worth it...

VetteMed

Keen Parts makes a nice set of weatherstrips in latex, similar to the OEM pieces.

TA

When I do my weatherstriping at some point in the future I'll probably try Wilcox. I always hear some people recommending to stay with GM because it's better quality. As far as I can tell, the weatherstripping on my 91 is the absolute worst I've had on any factory car. I realize that it's now 21 years old, but the oem weatherstripping was trashed when I bought it 13 years ago. There's no way I'd replace it with GM. I'll gladly try aftermarket and save a few bucks while I'm at it.

thurman_merman

another vouch for wilcox and dont rush through it. they cleaner you get the tracks the better the seal will be.

swampoodle-pat

Another vote for Wilcox. Got the 10% discount by entering "Ten Percent" in the code box and got additional discounts since I was buying it off the forum. Good Deal.

GMZ93

What does a whole set of weatherstripping have?

Jennifer@KeenParts.com

Thanks for the recommendation.

We do carry the weatherstrip in an aftermarket rubber style, which has proven to be very good. We also carry the latex style, which is a little bit softer and more like the original GM weatherstripping.

Kevin

0Willcox Corvette

The 90-96 weatherstrip kit can be found at this link: http://willcoxcorvette.com/product_i...ducts_id=26701

86GreenwoodVette

Hello, can you please tell me the link to Wilcox to get the weatherstripping for a 1986 Corvette Coupe? thank you!

0Willcox Corvette

http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...ywords=weather

86GreenwoodVette

is there not a Kit with the CF pricing like the 90-96 Kit at Wilcox?

0Willcox Corvette

I guess I posted the wrong one.. here is the right one... http://willcoxcorvette.com/advanced_...s=weatherstrip

Thorr

Make sure they have everything in stock, they back ordered mine, for 3 months. I cancelled the order and called up Zip-Corvette, they had all the stuff here in just about 2 weeks and all is well!

J

86GreenwoodVette

Mr. Wilcox Corvette- do you have the C4 - 84-89 full kits in stock now?
and are they CRC as the blogs and forum say? I am told we are buying CRC kits from you since you have the best price and are a big part of CF - please confirm.

Thank you!

bangbgC6

I too have had excellent service and satisfaction from Zip!