Sid,
So that things are clear in regards to the types of weatherstrips that
Nissan offered. There are two types of weatherstrips. One which came from the
factory, when the cars were first sold, that mounted on the trunk lid and the
subsequent Nissan version 84806-10400 that was offered as a replacement part
from the dealer which is supposed to be mounted on the body side in the gutter.
If you have the later weatherstrip you will see just how easily it fits into
the gutter on the body side.
One was, as you stated, a hollow oval shaped tube hot welded at the corners
and the other was a all foam solid molded piece that had the corners glued
together. The oval shaped tube version suffered from natural rubber collapse,
poor memory and cracking. The foam version, even when mounted on the body side,
did not allow the trunk lid to close well. To make matters worse many customers
have mistakenly mounted the 84806-10400 on the trunk lid side to find that the
trunk lid will barely close.
Dean
sidney raper <spl310@hotmail.com> wrote:
Eric,
I was not bashing Stan nor his gaskets. As I indicated, I am sure that you
can get them to work fine. I just expected more because of the way that
they were described as being better than OEM and so forth. I also said that
my disappointment was my own fault for not asking if they were the exact
dimensions of the OEM pieces, or what variations there were. My goal is to
make the cars look as close as I can to when they were delivered. My
assumption was that these would look very similar to the original stuff, but
they don't.
If I were coming on saying that they were trash, you are right, that does
not belong on the list. I did not do that though. I said that they will
probably work fine, but I was disappointed in them. I am very pleased with
the trunk carpet that I got. The shift emblem was fine. The reprint of the
1500 owner's manual was FANTASTIC!!! The gaskets were just not to my
expectations - because I did not ask the questions up front. If you are
happy with them, more power to you! I just wanted to let folks know that
there is a difference in their size relative to the factory parts. That may
be an issue for some folks due to paint or any other number of reasons. The
fact that they are self adhesive is a nice feature. It sure would beat
playing with the elephant snot to put them on...
And yes, the OEM stuff is known to cause the trunk lids to stay up until
they are compressed to conform to their final shape. In fact, I have seen
two types of OEM pieces. One is a hollow rubber that is practically
worthless.
If you want one of these to put on your wife's car, let me know!
Sidney Raper
1964 1500 (still a project.... sigh....)
1967 SRL311 00076 (alive again!)
Jacksonville Florida
http://www.geocities.com/roadsternut/index.html
>From: "Eric Frisbee"
>To: "sidney raper" ,
>Subject: Re: Trunk Gaskets and Roadster sighting!!
>Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:03:29 -0500
>
>Wow, if ever a post that had no place being on the List group... you know,
>I think I'd be taking my complaints about another venders products to that
>vender instead of bashing him here...
>
>I've seen one of Stans trunk gaskets on a friends roadster a couple years
>ago... and it looked absolutely perfect, although a tiny bit smaller than
>the OEM pieces. The trunk closes nicely and he's never had a leak at
>all... My wifes '67 1600 has a OEM version on her car now... it appears to
>be put on correctly, but the damn thing holds the trunk lid up AND it
>leaks!! Nothing I can do has fixed it. Time for a new gasket!
>
>Hey all you down in the Gulf coast.. button up and hope to hear from you
>all after Katrina!! Good luck!
>
>Eric
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