MG MGB and MGB GT Tech Talk
The wind wing rubber seal was in bad shape a few years ago, so I replaced it with a new one from the Bee Hive. The quality of the rubber was extremely poor. Now, 4 years later the oem rubber on the passenger side looks much much better then the newer one on the driver side. Does anyone know a source for quarter light rubber that is a quality product? I refuse to buy that crap rubber again.
You could try McGregor's. There's is supposed to be of superior quality.
McGregor's British Car Parts
You are going to get me into a big rant!!!!!!. I have a resto MGB that experienced rotting rubber seals that started to go before the car even got out of the shop into the light of day. That is pi---s poor. Nothing worse than labor intensive seals that are NFG. What a false bargain. My vent seals, door key hole seals, windscreen pillar seals, and even my washer nozels are cracking. Guess who I got them from. VB, the well known junk vendor. I bought lots of stuff from then before I was aware of what they sell.
X2 on McGreggor. Great products, and he used to be a trim engineer on British cars.
I spoke with Mr. McGreggor at MG2010. Very nice gentleman and his material is very nice. However, his prices are nose-bleed expensive. I am not sure where he gets his vent-widow and GT windshield extrusions, as there can't be more than 1 or 2 manufacturers making this stuff these days.
I will be reluctantly buying McGreggor trim parts when I need them—they are good quality.
FWIW - all my rubber bits (and I mean every rubber component on the car) came from Moss and installed 8 years ago. I can say that all the rubber looks good today (even the vent window seals) while averaging 5K miles annually and the car sees quite a bit of outside parking in hot temps.
