Pleae comments on the quality, fit and appearace of windshield and tailgate glass weatherstrips from MSA versus factory items. There is a considerable difference in price between the two sources.

Thanks,

Fixitman

Let me preface this by saying that the Precision weatherstrips I got from MSA were purchased over 3 years ago now, so I can't speak for current production for certain.

I would call both front and rear to be acceptable in function. In appearance, the front is OK, the rear less so. The front is not as well molded at the corners as I expect the factory is, but not too bad. On the rear, the gap in the groove for the stainless trim is too narrow, which makes the trim look too narrow.

Since I have them in the car now, neither problem is bad enough to make me want to replace them at this time. But if I were to replace them, I'd probably spring for factory, especially for the rear.

Thanks for the recommendation. The factory weatherstrips seem like the way to go, even thought they are much more expensive than MSA's. Courtesy Nissan's price is much better than my local Nissan dealer's though.

Regards,

Fixitman

from all of the comments of issues with some of the aftermarket weather stripping and see the delivery delays plus the cost for the Vintage Rubber ones I decided to go and see what the dealer had.

So I have ordered a bunch of stuff from the dealer including most of the weatherstripping and surprised at some of the low costs for some of the parts, but yes the front windshield and the rear glass weatherstripping is not cheap but I went ahead and got it to.

My thought process is that I am going to end up spending a bunch of money on the restoration so I figured the expense of the weatherstripping was a small part that I went for it and also gave me peace of mind, this may not work for every one, specially if just looking for the weatherstripping.

It may be a moot point as MSA can't deliver the kits for the foreseeable future. I've got a black dragon kit in a box, I've heard that it's decent with some exception of the door weatherstrip. I'll find out in a few weeks.

The Black Dragon tail light gaskets I got recently seem OK. Appear to have been made just for them, as they have BD's part number molded in. I think they came from Thailand.

I can see new door seals in my future, I'm still not satisfied with the Precision. Like much of the Precision kit, they are just OK at best.