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Ok, the hot weather is here, and so are the blistering UV rays. This is the time to treat all those expensive weather strips with UV protectant. Most of us are aware 303 is the best product for this task. Here's a tip: use an old pair of cotton socks...the ones with the holes in them in your socks drawer. Put one over your hand and spray 303 lightly on the tip, then go to town on the rubber components around your windows and doors. When done there will be excess on the painted surfaces. Switch to the other sock (the one with the hole in it...LOL) and wipe off the residue from your paint....done, and you are protected for several months, and future god-awful expense for replacement of vital weatherstripping.

Bill Vett

Great stuff... last year I found it on close out at a local speed shop. Got a gal. for less than $50.'s!!! Love the stuff. UV protection + it's not stickey when it drys!!!

JW Motorsports

Good tip!

fun01

Thats what I use. I used to buy armor-all buy the gallon, til it rotted out the threads on the pickup tonneau cover

Z06X

Is this only good on the weatherstripping or also on exposed plastics? The plastic tray beneath my windshield wipers is getting gray and I ain't likin it.

04Vette1431

Which one of their products is that exactly? I'm 100% interested in that. Thanks

dadvan99

Thanks for the tip and the declaration of 303 Month. I've been using it for years.

Bill Vett

As you can see in the pic it makes it black and it looks like new.



http://www.303products.com/shop303/i...protectant.cfm

RetiredSFC 97

use this. it works great. I tried it on the front of my dodge ram's bumper, on the rubber/plastic portion.

Sprayed it on, let it dry and then went and washed it. It still looked good unlike Mothers back to black. One wash and it's gone if not before.

So now I use this exclusively on my tires and any plastic pieces on my cars that turn gray. I also use it on the wheel wells. It won't last forever but it lasts way longer than anything else I've tried. very easy to apply as well!

A guy who has a vette just stopped by one day out of the blue and as we were talking he told me about it. Then he brought some back for me to try.

Good stuff. But I don't put it on my interior. I use 303 for that.

To the OP. Thanks for the reminder

jrose7004

Now's the time alright!

Vetteman Jack

Good reminder. It pays to keep the weatherstripping in good shape - it is very expensive to replace.

killain

Last year, no two years ago I bought 3 small tubes of GM Silicone Grease #10131290, great stuff, just a dab on the weather stripping and spread it along with your finger. Last about a little more than two years before the rubber looks thirsty again. Bought it from Mid-America motor-works

John1990

I love 303. I've got a couple of bottles of the stuff; but for the weatherstrip conditioning, the owners manual recommends "Dielctric Silicone Grease"; so that's what I use on the weatherstripping. I use 303 in place of Armor All Crap elsewhere.

0Killrwheels@Autogeek

303 Protectant is a great water based protectant with UV protection built in. It can be used on plastics, rubber surrounds, tires, and more. Inside and outside with a nice matte surface.

http://www.autogeek.net/303aerprot.html


I will offer one option I have found better on weatherstripping specifically. Its a smart design, water resistant, and one application lasts a very long time. Its the Einszett Rubber Stick.

http://www.autogeek.net/1z-einszett-...are-stick.html

blakev45

Try a Magic Eraser on your wiper cowl and then coat it with 303 or another UV protectant.

C5Longhorn

I've been using Zaino leather conditioner for the interior dash panel and door panels. For the weather stripping, I used dielectric grease.

May have to give 303 a try.

Rick

TOPCATHR

this is the best you can get.......no greasy film does not reflect onto windshield.

SacVette

Ordered a bottle yesterday, looking forward to trying it out.

SLO VETTE

how would you compare 303 to vinylex, zaino leather treatment (i'd usually use that on vinyl too) or adam's interior vinyl protectant?

DevilDog II

I've been using 303 for years on my rubber moldings, tires, etc. I've tried just about everything on the market and like it the best. I tried Einszett, but found that it attracted dust. I have an advantage because I don't wash my car or drive it in the rain, so the 303 lasts forever.