Well... My seals were fine, no leak at all.

But the metal around them were rusted to hell, and I tried and tried but ended up ruining the original T-Top weatherstripping... Oh well.

What do you all reccomend as a replacement, I am looking on Hawks, and he seems to have 3 or 4 different options

The new GM t-top looks good.
http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/in...l?v=1&pid=1298

But for cheaper the "Cars And Concepts" seals look good too...
http://www.hawksthirdgenparts.com/in...l?v=1&pid=3112

Any thoughts?

 

Well I cant tell you how they install or seal because I havent gotten em installed yet but I was having the same delima, I finally ended up ordering the GM seals even though my pocketbook would have gotten the aftermarket ones.

My T-Tops didnt start leaking til recently, so the original GM seals worked good for 14 years.. I'd say thats a pretty good track record. I've also had horrible luck with other aftermarket parts (I once put 4 rebuilt altenators from autozone on a chevy truck in one WEEK before i finally got smart and bought a new AC Delco alt) so I tend to steer clear of anything not made by The General

Sorry I couldnt help ya more, mabey someone that's installed the aftermarket seals could give their opinion.

Paul J.

 

Hrmm, that is what I figure, I mean 20 years strong and the only reason they need to come out is because of rust.

Anyone else have any suggestions?

 

I bought GM.
NO leaks.:hail:

 

I did my weather stripping (T-tops) this winter and here's what I'd recommend:

1. Find a buddy who works for GM in their parts dept and save a TON of cash. lol. I paid $600 for all GM weather stripping except the hood/hatch pieces - it would have been like $800.

2. Strip the adhering surface to BARE metal (or scuff up the paint). I used a combination of sandpaper, scrapers, and cleaner to get the old goop and gaskets off.

3. When installing the gaskets - clean them and the car surfaces with Acrili-Clean to eliminate any grease/wax and put the adhesive on both the car and striping, liberally on the car. In retrospect I almost wish I scuffed the bottoms of the weather stripping with sandpaper, maybe it would have adhered better...

Anyway, mine don't leak *yet* so i'm happy. Just be REAL liberal with the adhesive goop in the corners and stuff around the center of the car.

Ty