72 240 Z door weatherstrips

[richard1]

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?

[Darrel]

search "kia sportage weatherstrip"

[TBone028]

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

[spitz17]

search "kia sportage weatherstrip"

+1, awesome fitment!

[richard1]

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.

[Darrel]

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

[richard1]

for your courtesy:cool:

[richard1]

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, 2010 by richard1

[S30Driver]

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.

[TBone028]

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.

[AnthonyG]

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.

[richard1]

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.