I have to come to evidence that with all the good care I gave them since I owned my Z, the desert climate is making its toll...........mostly on the driver's side. It is mostly dry and hard.

Who make the best reproductions and are they a pain to replace?

Which interior moldings have to be removed to do the job?

Is there a particular profile for the 72 Z and do they snap on place or need to be glued?

search "kia sportage weatherstrip"

Also search McMaster-Carr. They worked great for me.

search "kia sportage weatherstrip"

+1, awesome fitment!

is somebody could be more explicit about the year, the tailgate, the doors or what?

Did you discovered that it is the exact same profile?

I would appreciate more details about what to search for and suppliers.

If you bothered to search this site, you would have found the thread or threads that has more specific info.

for your courtesy:cool:

door weatherstripping and the MacMaster-Carr option, I am not convinced that both are perfect fit to look as original as possible for an original never restored S30. Slamming doors after installing a new weatherstrip set doesn't make sense to me.

The best comment I found in this matter is about the Black Dragon kit and I ordered one. The price is right and I will see how it will fit.

Now.......to install a new set of door weatherstrips, is is necessary to remove some of the inner inside mouldings as the plastic "U" cap/finisher around the cabin and the inner plastic threshold moulding mounted with three Philips screws?

Edited April 29, 201014 yr by richard1

You might want to re-read the kia sportage thread....

Specifically the comments by zCars & Darrel. Its the aftermarket weatherstrip made by Precision that has the door fitment / door slam problem on S30's. (Typically what black dragon sells) This issue has been well documented on all the zcar sites over the years.

Installing the weather stripping...yes, you will have to remove the plastic "U" cap/finisher. It is what holds the weather-stripping to your car. I believe it is made out of metal and coated in vinyl. It pinches over the weather-stripping and holds it in place. On the bottom of the door, the scuff-plate with three screws kind of holds the weather-stripping in place. I cant recall if there was a flap on the weatherstripping that secured under the scuff plate with 3 screws...there might have been. It was a while ago. You should not need to apply any sort of RTV or weatherstripping adhesive. The U-trim should hold it all in place. It's pretty self-explanatory once you have it in front of you. It took me a total of 30-40 minutes to replace both sides.

i went with soem kia sportage stripping ($5 from junkyard from a recently wrecked one in good shape) and i did use adhesive.

big improvement. no slamming required. requires trimming down to size and aligning the corner bit in the corner. that was all.

Installing the weather stripping...yes, you will have to remove the plastic "U" cap/finisher. It is what holds the weather-stripping to your car. I believe it is made out of metal and coated in vinyl. It pinches over the weather-stripping and holds it in place. On the bottom of the door, the scuff-plate with three screws kind of holds the weather-stripping in place. I cant recall if there was a flap on the weatherstripping that secured under the scuff plate with 3 screws...there might have been. It was a while ago. You should not need to apply any sort of RTV or weatherstripping adhesive. The U-trim should hold it all in place. It's pretty self-explanatory once you have it in front of you. It took me a total of 30-40 minutes to replace both sides.

It is what I needed to know.