TylerW
Well-Known Member
So i've been building a couple 4-door 67-69 sedans because I wanted practice before doing my Swinger and Scamp. Both needed windshields, so I ordered the first one from somebody that carried Precision gaskets, because they were CHEAP. Well here's a warning to those cooler than I who might actually be building a 2-door sedan, which takes the same gasket and windshield...don't buy a Precision gasket whatever you do. Even if they throw in a free flashlight. Why, you might ask?
BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT!!!!!!!
The first one didn't fit, so I was stupid enough to buy a second one because I just couldn't wrap my brain around the idea that this company doesn't give a sh*t and keeps making the same poorly-fitting gasket. What wrong with it you might ask? It's too long horizontally. Both gaskets did the same thing...they bunched up at some point along the bottom, so that the seal leaks unless you put a BUNCH of compound under it. Both leaked in exactly the same place...in line with the left wiper pivot(no it's not the pivot. I've never even seen a pivot actually leak in 30 years of owning these), and the right lower corner. The driver side leak comes under the seal, the right leak comes under the glass. That's with compound exactly as Mopar did it. If that wasn't enough, the seal is too narrow on the a-pillars, so that when installed you can easily stick your finger under the edge of the seal and feel the edge of the windshield. What's wrong with these people?? Didn't they or their Chinese comrades even test one of these seals?
Every time a person posts a complaint on a forum, a few rationalizers are compelled to find a reason that the product is actually good and the person posting the complain is STUPID, so let me head that off and explain what things are NOT the cause:
1. I'm not trying to put a Duster seal and windshield in a Dart sedan.
2. I'm not putting the seals in upside down or inside out.
3. I didn't leave the original seal in and attempt to install the new one over it.
4. Neither car got rolled years ago and repaired by the same one-eyed bodyman.
5. I didn't have my kid or grandmother install it.
6. I don't deserve to have these issues just because I'm a goon who builds sedans. "I've installed 100's of precision seals in Swingers and Dusters and never had a problem har har hah hah hah".
I will take the blame for being too cheap to buy a Steele Rubber product. No more. I will buy from them and smile when I do it. They better fit though. DMT sells Precision seals and he should know better. In fact that's where I bought the second one. I was trying to support a small business owner but that one bit me.
Anyway, it's in, it doesn't leak, and life goes on. You have been warned though..don't be a cheapskate. Also, if anyone from Precision reads this, you ought to get off your ***, find a better original seal to make the mold from, or stop selling them.
BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT!!!!!!!
The first one didn't fit, so I was stupid enough to buy a second one because I just couldn't wrap my brain around the idea that this company doesn't give a sh*t and keeps making the same poorly-fitting gasket. What wrong with it you might ask? It's too long horizontally. Both gaskets did the same thing...they bunched up at some point along the bottom, so that the seal leaks unless you put a BUNCH of compound under it. Both leaked in exactly the same place...in line with the left wiper pivot(no it's not the pivot. I've never even seen a pivot actually leak in 30 years of owning these), and the right lower corner. The driver side leak comes under the seal, the right leak comes under the glass. That's with compound exactly as Mopar did it. If that wasn't enough, the seal is too narrow on the a-pillars, so that when installed you can easily stick your finger under the edge of the seal and feel the edge of the windshield. What's wrong with these people?? Didn't they or their Chinese comrades even test one of these seals?
Every time a person posts a complaint on a forum, a few rationalizers are compelled to find a reason that the product is actually good and the person posting the complain is STUPID, so let me head that off and explain what things are NOT the cause:
1. I'm not trying to put a Duster seal and windshield in a Dart sedan.
2. I'm not putting the seals in upside down or inside out.
3. I didn't leave the original seal in and attempt to install the new one over it.
4. Neither car got rolled years ago and repaired by the same one-eyed bodyman.
5. I didn't have my kid or grandmother install it.
6. I don't deserve to have these issues just because I'm a goon who builds sedans. "I've installed 100's of precision seals in Swingers and Dusters and never had a problem har har hah hah hah".
I will take the blame for being too cheap to buy a Steele Rubber product. No more. I will buy from them and smile when I do it. They better fit though. DMT sells Precision seals and he should know better. In fact that's where I bought the second one. I was trying to support a small business owner but that one bit me.
Anyway, it's in, it doesn't leak, and life goes on. You have been warned though..don't be a cheapskate. Also, if anyone from Precision reads this, you ought to get off your ***, find a better original seal to make the mold from, or stop selling them.
