weatherstripping - kit or piece by piece?

[ppeters914]

I am finally starting the process of getting the car into daily driver status, which means keeping the water outside. One thing I'm noticing is that nearly all the visible rubber and weather stripping is either missing or hard as a rock.

I'm wondering if a do-it-all weatherstripping kit is the way to go, or should I just get the pieces I know I need immediately (windshield, doors, trunk, hood, and gas filler - did I forget any?)?

I don't know which is more cost effective, and I definitely do -NOT- want to have a lot of extra stuff that would only be used in a frame-off.

I would appreciate any comments and vendor recommendations (though I'm sure I can't go wrong w/ Bruce, Dean, or Stan), especially from people who've already been down this road.

Thanks.

[sgriffin]

I've done it both ways, and the pre-made kits from one of our vendors is the far easier way to go. Good luck. Sam

[S Allen]

Pete,

It depends on how much you have to spend. Buying it all at once saves time and could save some money(especially from Dean). Let's see from memory there are:

Low windshield rubber(can be either one long piece or 4 individual pieces)
Low windshield bottom rubber
Windshield post rubbers(2 ea)
Wing window(2 ea)
Wing window bottom(2 ea)
Window glass squeegee rubber(outside top of door)
Hood bumpers(4 ea)
Hood stop adjuster(2 ea)
Gas filler doughnut
Gas filler boot(inside on trunk floor)
Trunk weatherstrip
Door weatherstrips
Door and trunk lock rubber rings(3 ea)
Tailight gaskets(4 ea)
Turn signal light gaskets(2 ea)

I may have missed something but that is the bulk of it.

Steve

[ppeters914]

Well, of course I don't want to spend squat, but I will justify spending what it takes to get the car reliable (Gary Boone EI dizzy in the mail!) and (reasonably) dry so I can drive the Kewl Kar. and sell the Chrysler Concorde pig car (that needs a tranny rebuild! ).

And - are you sitting down - my wife agrees!

Guess a call to Dean is in order. Thank you.

[S Allen]

You are gonna really like the GB EI Dizzy. No doubt about that. I did miss a few rubber bits.

rubber plugs(not sure ogf total count)
firewall grommets(not sure of total count)

Half of the battle is getting the SO to let you do your roadster thing. Is it still her car or have you assumed full ownership?

Steve

[ppeters914]

Debbie drove it a few times, and commented that she prefers the 914 (her "roller skate"). She is actually happy that I am happy w/ the Roadster.

I like the 914, too, but there's something about the Roadster that just makes me smile, even looking at it dead, wet, and forlorn in the driveway.

Anyway, the criteria is that the 914 (her car) gets preferential treatment to bring it back to its former glory, and I just do the minimum necessary to get the Roadster reliable and the Chrysler sold and GONE!

That justifies the dizzy and hardtop and weatherstripping and heat and maybe a Krylon rebuild, but means the pretty stuff has to wait a year or three.

Hey, as long as I'm on the road, right? She even said I could go to Shasta. wooHOO!

[S Allen]

Good for you. Shasta is a great place to see a lot of roadsters in one place. It gives one ideas on what they can do to make their roadster better.

Steve

[Minh]

If I remember correctly...

Dean at Fairlady has a full car kit. The kit comes with few more pieces that are not sold seperately.

Hopes this little bit of info helps...