Soff seal door weatherstripping

Old Feb 6, 2015 | 03:38 PM
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Anyone have any experience with this company and if their door seal is worth buying? I already tried the less expensive seals from classic industries but they were terrible constructed and didn't fit at all. I would rather not spend $300+ per seal for a set of oe door seals.

Soff seal has a set for $376, I think the actual OE seals are about $370 each!
 
Old Feb 10, 2015 | 01:50 PM
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I guess not
 
Old Feb 10, 2015 | 06:36 PM
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Last year I put Soff Seal door seals on my old 92 Vette. No complaints about the fit.
Got them from an ebay vendor, $135 for the pair. Same vendor has the Camaro door seals for $250, go figure.
 
Old Feb 11, 2015 | 11:09 AM
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Do you know who the vendor was?
 
Old Feb 11, 2015 | 11:13 AM
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Never mind. Found it
 
Old Feb 11, 2015 | 11:31 AM
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Good deal. The Soff Seals fit around the door perfectly, and the tabs were all in the right place too. The only thing I had to address was at the top corner of the door, hinge end, where the seal meets the lower window area, the seal is bigger there and has a screw holding it to the door. My original seal had a plastic insert molded into the seal that acted as a washer. The new seal didn't have that (just a hole) so I added a washer to keep the screw head from wanting to pull through the seal. Not a big deal overall, and it wouldn't keep me from buying them again.
 
Old Feb 11, 2015 | 03:34 PM
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I'll make sure to do the same. Have you tested how well it seals? I found a huge rust hole that will require expensive work to fix and the next seal I buy has to do its job. The one I have one there currently seems to fit well enough but let's in enough water to form a puddle when it rains hard for a few hours, so it obviously doesn't seal that well
 
Old Feb 11, 2015 | 04:53 PM
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I replaced the old seals because I got the Vette repainted, and the seals were shot anyway. Being an extra toy, I didn't take it out in bad weather to test for water leaks. I sold it this past summer, and I doubt the new owner will ever find out either.
 
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