best place for malibu wagon parts

[SafariWagon]

Side rubber

I need the side rubber myself. My wagon looks like someone tried to make their own prviously and it's falling out. I heard of a place at OLD Station Wagons web-site that makes custom rubberstripping. Maybe if enough of us wagon guys order this we can get a reasonable price?

 

[SafariWagon]

Rear window rubber

Has anyone ever tried these guys yet?

You can also try two places that custom-make weatherstripping. First is Karr Rubber Mfg., which advertises that not only do they manufacture rubber & weatherstripping, but will also custom-make pieces. You can contact them at 310-322-1993 or 800-955-5277, or 133 Lomita St., El Segundo, CA 90245. Second, try Wefco Rubber Manufacturing at 818-886-8872

 

[SLICK79WGN]

thanks for the links

 

[Longroof79]

A guy that I know over at Malibu Racing once suggested going to a body shop supply and getting universal rubberized plastic side trim (the proper width) cut and mitred to fit the quarter windows and glued in.
That would be a last ditch alternative.
Several years ago at one of the Super Chevy Shows, a guy had a nicely painted '79 Malibu wagon with the original aluminum trim.
At a closer glance, there was black caulking where the plastic profile strips usually go. I thought that was kind of tacky. A car with a high dollar paint job.

Charlie, the quarter window trim was originally black, but never seemed to hold paint. Along with those pieces painted semi-flat black, I also painted the upper B-pillars black as well, and the window frames on all doors.

Brian, Thanks for posting pics of the trim pieces.

Jack

 

[SafariWagon]

Product survey

Please go to this Soffseal web site. On the front page is a new product survey. Fill it out! Let them know we need this window weatherstriping.
http://www.soffseal.com/index.htm

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

Blake, or anyone who has taken one apart, mine is titled as a 82, the quarter glass was glued in and the aluminum trim was stuck on with clear silicone. Do I need to find some clips before I glue the windows back in??? how should the trim and/or clips attach?

 

[Blake442]

So somebody switched it from the crappy vinyl moulding ('82-'83) to the aluminum trim from the earlier ('78-'81)?

Yes, you'll need to get some clips if you don't want to glue the trim back on like the previous person did. I have some of the clips laying around, I'll grab one and take a pic next time I get a chance. There was a welded stud that the clips attached to from the factory, but a screw will be sufficient, especially now that your car has paint on it.

My Cutlass wagon has the crappy vinyl moulding, so I'll have to do the same thing when I paint it, since I robbed the trim off my '79 for it.

If nobody else has a picture of where the clips and studs go, I'll be out at my storage container this weekend and I can snap a picture for you.

 

[dirtywhiteboy]

So somebody switched it from the crappy vinyl moulding ('82-'83) to the aluminum trim from the earlier ('78-'81)?

Yes, you'll need to get some clips if you don't want to glue the trim back on like the previous person did. I have some of the clips laying around, I'll grab one and take a pic next time I get a chance. There was a welded stud that the clips attached to from the factory, but a screw will be sufficient, especially now that your car has paint on it.

My Cutlass wagon has the crappy vinyl moulding, so I'll have to do the same thing when I paint it, since I robbed the trim off my '79 for it.

If nobody else has a picture of where the clips and studs go, I'll be out at my storage container this weekend and I can snap a picture for you.

yes it seems that it was changed, there are not any studs for the clips. Pics would be great!! Thanks for the help!!

Brian

 

[Blake442]

Well, I looked in the garage, and it seems I did a pretty good job of hiding them from myself... :x
Either that, or I left them in the wagon...

I'll be out there Saturday, unless somebody else can chime in first.

 

[Blake442]

Well I found my clips hiding in the garage, but ran out of batteries for my camera... I'll get some pics up tommorow...