future restoration, what to get now

[Giles]

if you woke up in the morning and the fairies had restored it for you, you would then find in 5-10 years it would need doing again if you used it. My advice is just keep driving it,,but if you want to do the work one day get a 5 speed box as they are hard to find.

 

[ranma21]

The seals around my doors (driver, passenger and rear) are bad. I think CCOT put on some aftermarket ones that are not very hefty and don't seal the doors well at all. I hear lots of air noise and if I spray it with it hose I have to towel out the inside for all the water that goes in around the seals. Are there good door seals available?
-Tom

OEM only for those seal, perfect fit and finish plus no surprise. Toying with aftermarket rubber seal is generally not a good idea.

 

[Racer65]

10 years from now OEM rubber is still rubber, and all rubber have a shelf life.

Stocking up on weatherstripping is a bit like stocking up on tires, IMHO. My CCOT door weatherstripping is working better than the factory originals that came with the truck, not necessarily because it's better (it's certainly thicker), but because it's newer.

 

[emac]

Racer65, glad you are happy with the CCOT weatherstrip, I bought some of their "best" stuff, I hope I am not disappointed.

Surprisingly, some of my 40 year old rubber still has some flex. Rubber is one product that has really gone downhill over the years. It seems no one is using real rubber, but some kind of shiny plastic like material that doesn't seem to have much real rubber in it. Garbage.

 

[tomcrusr]

Racer65, glad you are happy with the CCOT weatherstrip, I bought some of their "best" stuff, I hope I am not disappointed.

Surprisingly, some of my 40 year old rubber still has some flex. Rubber is one product that has really gone downhill over the years. It seems no one is using real rubber, but some kind of shiny plastic like material that doesn't seem to have much real rubber in it. Garbage.

Perhaps in 2000 when CCOT refurb'd my FJ40 they had different seals available to them then what they are selling now. The ones I have were new at the time but were crap from the start. FWIW, most modern door seals are made from EPDM which is a synthetic rubber, not "real rubber". EPDM has a much longer life than real rubber, it doesn't dry out and crack like rubber does. But the door seal has to be designed correctly to begin with.

 

[cooney]

if you woke up in the morning and the fairies had restored it for you, you would then find in 5-10 years it would need doing again if you used it. My advice is just keep driving it,,but if you want to do the work one day get a 5 speed box as they are hard to find.

Good advice, drive it and enjoy it. Fix what breaks when it needs fixing.


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