Somebody earlier in this thread mentioned (post 16) that the FRONT doors had a longer piece, so keep that in mind.

 

 

dkw-

 

  Your link in post #108 redirects to an industrial equipment supplier,  you might want to correct the address.

I got some good info from #36.

Yeaj, ZKars has some good ideas and talent.  From what he said, I think they may have a special tool to properly and consistently form the corner.

I can get you the exact rubber door strip on a roll. I used them on mine.

 

http://www.classiczcars.com/topic/42681-door-slamming-issue-fixed-finally/page-2?hl=%2Bdoor+%2Bslamming+%2Bproblem#entry385316

 

Post 39

Since my car was recently painted, I thought what the heck lets try the door seals from  precision, since the whole kit was from them. But I needed to slam the door again. So put back my old seals for the doors that worked fine.

 

Anyhow the problem with the seal from precision ( and other immitation brands ) is that when you close the door, it starts rubbing at the lower front of the door when you start closing it, about halfway, and then from that point the friction prevents from closing the door normally, so you need to slam it. Also the rubber is to stiff, preventing the door from lining up properly with the body on the outside.

My car has a plastic trim piece that goes around the door opening, and is the colour of the interior.  The door seal is glued to that plastic part.  If you used the Sportage seal, you'll see the black rubber from the inside, right?  So is that seal made of a rubber than be painted to match the interior?  That could affect you score at a Z meet, if someone saw black rubber where there was a colored plastic molding.

My car has a plastic trim piece that goes around the door opening, and is the colour of the interior.  The door seal is glued to that plastic part.  If you used the Sportage seal, you'll see the black rubber from the inside, right?  So is that seal made of a rubber than be painted to match the interior?  That could affect you score at a Z meet, if someone saw black rubber where there was a colored plastic molding.

Tomo - the earlier cars have a similar piece around the door openings, although it is not plastic - more of a coated spring metal.  That's called the welting and the Kia Sportage piece has the welting incorporated with it so no bare rubber is visible from inside.  The Kia welting looks virtually identical to OE - been there, done that.

There is a good photo of the weatherstrip profile in Post #17, and zKars had some photos showing the welting in Post #36, but is there a close-up photo of the welting?  How would it compare to the Datsun OEM weatherstrip?  Also, will the welting handle some paint?

If you use the sportage weatherstrip for the one seal, will you still need the other (outer) 'flat' weatherstrip?  Vintage rubber suggests using this part for the outer seal but it looks more like the inner seal (with a "bulb.")  http://www.vintagerubber.com/datsun280z-upperouterhatchseal-1Piece.aspx

Do you know what the seal for the hatch is like?  It looks like it might be one large piece, like the Zed has.

 

JC Whitney has it, but the description says it's a "universal fit."  But one of the detail photos shows the cross setion, which resembles the KIA product.

 

This is the part number for the Sportage Lift Gate weatherstrip.  0K2B162761A

 

They do have a photo which shows the cross section of the part, and it looks like the KIA stuff:

 

My 3 doorseals came in today. If I get some time ovr the weekend, Ill try the hatch.

Chas