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Badss540 01-24-2014 10:07 AM

Door seal comparison test.results
 
Good morning, after reading a post about door seals, good,bad soft or hard I decided to try the 2 seals that were talked about the most,one on each door. On the drivers side of the 67 firebird I installed OER brand and on the Passenger side Metro Super Soft, the OER seal needed to be worked at the top window area to fit correctly on both sides, the Metro seals had almost a perfect fit on the window slot area but the plastic buttons used to hold them were VERY plyable and had very little strength,the OER buttons were much stronger and fit/ hold a lot better. When both were installed the OER side when closing the door had the door at about 1/2 inch of gap while the Metro Super Soft had less then 1/8th inch gap.
I removed the OER and Used The Metro Super Soft seales with the OER buttons and was very pleased with the results,just thought I'd give you guys an FYI if your going to do your doors soon.

trmjr1 01-24-2014 10:23 AM

Thanks for the info. I had the same issue with the plastic retainers. I ended up ordering replacement retainers from a Camaro vendor (don't remember who - maybe D and R?) and then installing the door seals.

nadine 01-24-2014 12:44 PM

I purchased a set from OPG for my 70 Trans am, they were hard as a rock and the doors would not even come close to shutting.
Ordered new set from Soft Seal, Problem solved :)

Badss540 01-24-2014 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by nadine (Post 5116332)
I purchased a set from OPG for my 70 Trans am, they were hard as a rock and the doors would not even come close to shutting.
Ordered new set from Soft Seal, Problem solved :)

Thats why I did it, i had both sets on the shelf in the garage. That pics looks very close to me, Huntington Beach area?


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