I think a little time between the hatch glass seal and this would get more people on board at a higher cost. While it doesn't phase me, most of our members are younger and living on a shoestring budget. For many, probably most, buying stuff like this is not something we'll be immediately installing anyway, but rather something we're just accumulating in our parts closet for that future date that we plan or at least hope to restore our Supras. For most people, its hard to pay $200 for something you won't use right away, and especially if you've just bought another gasket around the same price.
If anyone is on the fence about the value of these seals, I bet you probably haven't ever been in a Supra that could go 60+ without a bunch of wind noise or don't remember that far back. I know mine sort of crept up on me little by little over the years as the seals lost their elasticity. The general solution to an old car is to crank up the stereo to mask all the noises that it makes. You probably don't know what its like to shut your door with just a muffled click rather than a bunch of rattling. These new seals would be so nice.
I 100% agree Phil...even if there was very strong interest I'd have to wait until the hatch glass seal was done anyway as I have way too many projects going on right now...
I think a little time between the hatch glass seal and this would get more people on board at a higher cost. While it doesn't phase me, most of our members are younger and living on a shoestring budget. .
For me, just too much going on. I definitely want in on this but with this other group buy and some other $ being thrown into the car... It would be nice if this could be something we could do over the winter. Just to spread out some of these costs
I may be interested as well (I need to go through my parts closet first to make sure I don't already have a new set of OEM Toyota seals). Does not matter to me when this group buy occurs, but would prefer it to be within the next year.
I think a little time between the hatch glass seal and this would get more people on board at a higher cost. While it doesn't phase me, most of our members are younger and living on a shoestring budget...For most people, its hard to pay $200 for something you won't use right away, and especially if you've just bought another gasket around the same price.
my hatch seal is holding up... but my door seals is another story, my passenger side seal is ripped and lets most water in, I will gladly get a set of these.
I don't think in the near future, here's why: each mold cost $10,000. So with Raptor Racing making $0 on each item and 20 people interested you'll see where "no" is the most likely answer. I can see this being done one day, but in the far future when die hard MK2 owners will be willing to spend a fortune to get it done. I personally don't see 20 of us right now spending $500 each to cover each mold + production costs + shipping + raptor racing profits (which trust me is next to nothing on these projects).
Hey guys,
I'm new to this forum but posting since I see the demand for window seals is pretty decent.
They're not perfect, but if your seals are as bad as mine (literally none) I found by random chance that the trunk seal for a 68 ford galaxie fits in the window channel of my 82 celica (2 door coupe, not supra). I heard mk2 and the celica are similar if not the same, so I wanted to share this tidbit.
Here's the link to the trunk seal on rockauto, one trunk seal is PLENTY for both doors!
RockAuto ships auto parts and body parts from over 300 manufacturers to customers' doors worldwide, all at warehouse prices. Easy to use parts catalog.
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Here's a pic of a strip installed on mine as a test. It probably wont stop a pressure washer but it stops the rattle, and minimizes wind noise! Its solid too, the little strip stays on on the freeway with the windows down. Hope this helps!!!
I have a 68 Galaxie and had leftover from sealing my trunk lid up, so figured I'd give it a shot. It just so happened to fit snug! I'm ordering another full one so I can do the full door, I'll post the after here so you all can see how it goes. That is, unless someone buys the celica first since it's for sale. I'll keep you all posted!
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