MGzRolla Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 (edited) Gday, Just looking at getting a rubber kit for my KE20 and was after some advice. 1) Just wondering where would be the best place to get it from as far as quality and value goes?? I know rare spares used to do a kit, though it was fairly expensive it was a complete kit and good quality from memory. I also have done some research on ebay and seen there is a seller in Thailand who sells kits fairly cheap. Has anyone bought off from there before? Whats the quality like? 2) Where can i buy the chrome locking strips from for the front and rear windscreens? Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers Edited April 29, 2011 by MGzRolla
HayzTawil Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 Hey man I have a ke30 and got my kit from rare spares, good shit!!
crunk81us Posted April 29, 2011 Report Posted April 29, 2011 have heard the thailand kits are dodgy quality and wont last long.. but for the price it's probably what i will be using.. not building a show car here.
jono1986 Posted April 30, 2011 Report Posted April 30, 2011 Hey man I have a ke30 and got my kit from rare spares, good shit!! How much did that set you back? And is it the whole kit (front/rear screens, all door/window rubbers, boot and bonnet)
HayzTawil Posted April 30, 2011 Report Posted April 30, 2011 Yes everything except the rear quarter window seals but mine is a two door, I'm pretty sure they have rubber for all four windows for the four dour included in the kit, I paid $460.. Overseas stuff is not bad but Australian is better, at the end of the day u get what u pay for!!
HayzTawil Posted April 30, 2011 Report Posted April 30, 2011 have heard the thailand kits are dodgy quality and wont last long.. but for the price it's probably what i will be using.. not building a show car here. I am!! Building a show car that is..
MGzRolla Posted May 1, 2011 Author Report Posted May 1, 2011 thanks... does anyone know where i can get the chrome locking strips for the windscreen rubbers?
HayzTawil Posted May 1, 2011 Report Posted May 1, 2011 eBay Member: rotary_products_new_old_car_company [email protected] 07 3205 4433 I got just the chrome strip couple weeks ago it was I think $30 + $10postage, above is their direct number goodluck!
parrot Posted May 2, 2011 Report Posted May 2, 2011 (edited) I just got a Thai boot seal for the KE15 along with all the others. The boot seal supplied is also the same as supplied for KE2x series, and is absolute rubbish. i.e nothing like the original seal and has no capacity to be pressed into the recess on the boot lip. It looks like you are expected to just glue it on somehow. Absolute waste of time. I also this week got a genuine boot seal for the KE25, and there is no comparison between the two. That said, the rest of the seals look OK Edit: I would be interested to know what the Australian supplied boot seals are like. Edited May 2, 2011 by parrot
silverra23 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Posted May 2, 2011 I reckon we cover this topic about once a month here... love guys who use the search option :) The rotary products guy in Qld is a reseller of the dodgy Thai products scotts old auto rubber co or rare spares products are more expensive, but better quality. the above two companies also sell the chrome locking strip
parrot Posted May 3, 2011 Report Posted May 3, 2011 I reckon we cover this topic about once a month here... love guys who use the search option :) You're not wrong there. The general quality of the thai rubbers has been covered a thousand times in very general terms. Tendency to split and so on. But there is more to it than that. This boot seal has been an interesting case in point. I bought a "Toyota General Parts" seal off Gira7777 for the KE15. It arrived in a bag with KE10, KE20 etc written on it. At the same time, I managed to locate a genuine KE25 seal elsewhere and bought that for my KE25. The difference when compared side to side is stark. The thai version is cut from a roll so you need to join it. I expected that. The real problem with it, is that whilst the cross sectional shape approximates that of the genuine seal, the genuine seal is far more complex. The genuine seal includes a recess enabling it to be fitted to the flange around the boot thus locating it. It also includes a molded pillow, in other words an air filled cushion which compresses when the boot lid closes on it. Finally it incorporates a pliable lip further improving its sealing ability. The aftermarket seal has none of these things and is essentially a lump of extruded rubber that roughly approximates the general shape of the genuine seal. Basically it is unusable. At some point I will compare some door seals as I have these in both genuine and aftermarket also. But the problem as always remains, genuine seals are very difficult to source. Whether the Scott's etc items are any better I cannot say with respect to complexity of manufacture. Below is the aftermarket item followed by the genuine (in detail showing the locating slit only rather than cross section)
MGzRolla Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Posted May 5, 2011 I reckon we cover this topic about once a month here... love guys who use the search option :) Have a sook. I searched but didnt really want to sit there sorting through all the bullshit to find the information i needed. :bash: thanks for all the replys everyone :cool:
Redwarf Posted May 6, 2011 Report Posted May 6, 2011 If you can't be bothered to help yourself, we can't be bothered helping you any further. Take a good hard look at yourself before slagging someone who actually also had something valuable to say. :locked:
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