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BMD
Aficionado
Name : BMD
Location : Canada
Joined : 2009-04-28
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| | Subject: Trunk Weatherstrip Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:18 pm | |
| Can you use a generic type or must it be OEM replacement? | |
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Eldo
Expert
Name : Mark
Age : 59
Location : West Salem, Oregon... FINALLY
Joined : 2009-04-09
Post Count : 3176
Merit : 104
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:08 pm | |
| OEM is best of course, and Morad surely has some decent ones... For generics, you'd need to take a picture of the cross section of your strip for reference and see what they have for GM applications. | |
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albertj
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Location : Finger Lakes of New York State
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Post Count : 8687
Merit : 181
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Tue Apr 26, 2011 8:49 pm | |
| - BMD wrote:
- Can you use a generic type or must it be OEM replacement?
I purchased an OE trunk strip from GMPartsDirect some months ago (almost 2 yrs ago), it was not that expensive you ought to consider just buying it that way, maybe buy it from monsterpartsonline.com b/c they won't rook you on shipping. Albertj | |
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BMD
Aficionado
Name : BMD
Location : Canada
Joined : 2009-04-28
Post Count : 1161
Merit : 36
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:15 pm | |
| Thanks guys, GMPartsDirect doesn't ship to Canada. I'll check monsterpartsonline.com and also see what the dealer is charging these days. | |
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Eldo
Expert
Name : Mark
Age : 59
Location : West Salem, Oregon... FINALLY
Joined : 2009-04-09
Post Count : 3176
Merit : 104
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:15 pm | |
| Morad ships to Canada, but I think only by Priority Mail. | |
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joshuatim
Special
Name : Joshua timber
Age : 40
Location : Folsom
Joined : 2011-08-03
Post Count : 4
Merit : -5
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Wed Aug 03, 2011 2:58 pm | |
| OEM are not always best. I am not referring any company but the companies who provide OEM products most of them do not make themselves. They also hire some third parties to manufacture for them and they just put their brand name on them. | |
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deekster_caddy
Master
Name : Derek
Age : 52
Location : Reading, MA
Joined : 2007-01-31
Post Count : 7717
Merit : 109
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:09 pm | |
| - joshuatim wrote:
- OEM are not always best. I am not referring any company but the companies who provide OEM products most of them do not make themselves. They also hire some third parties to manufacture for them and they just put their brand name on them.
However they are usually under an exclusive supply contract to the OEM and do not sell the same product under any other brand name, or to anyone besides the OEM. Third party sellers often do the same thing. This is not really newsworthy. What is your experience with this? | |
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AA
Administrator
Name : Aaron
Age : 47
Location : C-bus, Ohio
Joined : 2007-01-13
Post Count : 18452
Merit : 252
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Wed Aug 03, 2011 3:10 pm | |
| - Quote :
- OEM are not always best. I am not referring any company but the companies who provide OEM products most of them do not make themselves. They also hire some third parties to manufacture for them and they just put their brand name on them.
joshuatim, please provide a specific example where this was determined to be the case. Thanks. _________________ '05 GTO 6.0L • 6-spd • 95k miles • 0-60: 4.8s • 16.9 avg MPG • Nelson Ledges Lap: 1:26'95 Celica GT 2.2L • 5-spd • 165k miles • 0-60: yes'98 SC Riviera • 281k miles • 298 HP/370 TQ • 0-60: 5.79s • ET: 13.97 @ 99.28 • 4087 lb • 20.1 avg MPG • Nelson Ledges Lap: 1:30
3.4" pulley • AL104 plugs • 180º t-stat • FWI w/K&N • 1.9:1 rockers • OR pushrods • LS6 valve springs • SLP headers • ZZP fuel rails
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EBC bluestuff/Hawk HP plus • SS lines • Brembo slotted discs • DHP tuned • Aeroforce • Hidden Hitch^^^ SOLD ^^^  '70 Ninety-Eight Holiday Coupe 455cid • 116k miles^^^ SOLD ^^^ | |
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96riv
Fanatic
Name : Dennis
Location : Phoenix
Joined : 2007-03-08
Post Count : 395
Merit : 8
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:12 pm | |
| - joshuatim wrote:
- OEM are not always best. I am not referring any company but the companies who provide OEM products most of them do not make themselves. They also hire some third parties to manufacture for them and they just put their brand name on them.
This is correct, on my 87 lots of the OEM parts now are not made by the same manufacturer and the fit is not the same. Crank sensor, door weather stripping are a couple of examples. Quality is not the same on the parts that may come from China now. | |
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albertj
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Location : Finger Lakes of New York State
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Merit : 181
| | Subject: Re: Trunk Weatherstrip Wed Aug 03, 2011 6:49 pm | |
| - joshuatim wrote:
- OEM are not always best. I am not referring any company but the companies who provide OEM products most of them do not make themselves. They also hire some third parties to manufacture for them and they just put their brand name on them.
Hey Joshua that's interesting. What year is your Riviera and when did you last replace the trunk weatherstrip? | |
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