Kia Sportage weatherstip rocks!

[TBone028]

McMaster-Carr weatherstripping works great and was $42 shipped to my door in just 3 days from me ordering...just a thought for those of you who dont want to wait.

[SteveJ]

McMaster-Carr weatherstripping works great and was $42 shipped to my door in just 3 days from me ordering...just a thought for those of you who dont want to wait.

What was the McMaster-Carr part number you used?

[TBone028]

25 feet of part number 1120A331 from McMaster-Carr.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#1120a331/=6l3xfm

I would not hesitate to recommend this as another option. For me, my doors were difficult to close due to overly thick weatherstripping. The McMaster-Carr weatherstripping fit perfectly and took about 40 minutes total to test-fit, cut to length, and securely install on both doors. Initial leak test showed zero leaks and my doors now close perfectly with just a light push.

Post and reviews from other folks on the weatherstripping here:

http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php?/topic/83080-new-weatherstrip-alternative/page__st__40

[GeeZ]

What model of the Sportage is this ws from? The info I am finding shows that the Sportage comes in 2 door and 4 door.

[Mike]

Whoa, what happened to Hybrid? Did they sell the business? Looks like a lot more ads and some interesting forum software.

[240dkw]

Just wanted to post a thanks to zKars for the group buy. A great replacement for the weatherstripping at a great price delivered to my door. Can't beat that.

Dan

[KAL7467]

ordered myself 3 pieces from kiaparts.com ...excited to try it out and not have a fishbowl in my trunk...hope i have a large enough piece left for the piece under the hood

[Inf]

Forgot about this after the North American stock got depleted by our friends north of the border!

Just ordered a pair, this has been on my to-do list for quite a while

[Inf]

Took a while, but my pair of Kia seals finally showed up over the holidays.

The Nissan OEM gasket on the drivers side is fine currently, but the passenger side needs to be replaced. My rear hatch inner seal, however, is worn out and seems to have a small gap on the lower passenger side.

Has anyone here followed through on replacing their inner hatch seal with the Kia door seal, like zKars showed was possible? Just wondering how it turned out before I commit a seal to trying it myself.

I've got a Precision hatch seal I ordered from BD a few years ago that I haven't used yet, mainly because I'm wanting to avoid the difficulty other posters have reported in installing the OEM style gaskets.

[warcmalla]

I used the Kia ws for the inner hatch seal and I think it works great. Gluing weatherstripping is such a pain so being able to just push it on is quite nice. I haven't had any hatch sealing or closing issues.

[steve91tt]

Same here. The Kia stuff worked great on my hatch. A little massaging of the sheet metal lip was necessary to get it to fit perfectly but I think that may be an issue with my specific car.

[Inf]

Sounds good, guess I'll dive right in. The OEM-style gasket on there keeps the rain out, but I'm not sure it keeps the exhaust fumes out, hopefully this works out a little better