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Originally Posted by ixfxi
You cant tape the weatherstripping back. Worse, pricing has turned me off to the point where its hard to enjoy owning these cars really. $2400 for quarter glass? Gimme a break.
edit: and this is no S30 240Z. The modern S-chassis has way too much rubber and plastic and unless we have serious volume and connections with manufacturers, no one is going to produce these parts. Compared with the S30 Z, there are a lot less parts on that car and they are a lot simpler in construction.
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I took my windows out of the s14 and I'm at odds with how I feel about it.
I did see that there was some surface rust building under the seal (which failed but wasn't visible). There is a used set which I have that is going in to replace that.
Had I not taken it out, I would have had it painted and yeah maybe my paint job would have eventually lifted at the hard edges but it wouldn't be parked in the garage as it still is.
As far as parts sourcing goes, yeah the old school manufacturers aren't suddenly tooling up for our cars. I think it's going to be better for us though since I'm seeing some smaller shops stepping into it. I just saw some Chinese company start selling the S14 weatherstripping for the doors now. So far people seem to like it. I don't have the link for it.