I have seen many different brands and pricing for weather stripping. I'm looking for a good quality set at a reasonable price. Anyone have any experiences with the different brands?
There are several threads on this. I am not sure there is a consensus. There are only three US manufacturers that I know about: Soft Seal Metro, and Steele Rubber. All others I suspect are resellers. Perhaps someone is now having some made oversees.
I used the Metro 6 months ago and it was good fit. Seemed like good quality. Nothing to complain about. I bought the 9 piece kit on Ebay. I think it was $125. The American made are supposed to be better.
I recently installed the door weather stripping, pillar seals, and A-pillar seal with stuff I got from Year One (can't remember the manufacturer). I wasn't real impressed with the quality. I mean, they worked but were very flimsy. I need to replace the weather stripping for my convertible top and I'm going to order those from Steele.
I also used a Metro kit on my convertible, it was pretty good, it fit well and did not cause any problems with the windows operating smoothly.