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 Post subject: British rubber
PostPosted: Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:31 pm 
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Is it the same as Aussie rubber? I'm looking at new windscreen seals and wondering if they will be ok in our conditions. Could be good while the $A is strong again.

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They'r not good even in european conditions... :lol:

My window rubbers started to fall into pieces after 3 years.
They'r not 1 piece, but volcanised/glued together.
And the joint start to let go quite soon...

Don't know - maybe quality got better in the meanwhile.
But I doubt it, to be honest.

All the temporarily produced rubber stuff seem to be very low quality from what I've seen recently... :(

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I would go with the Australian made stuff.
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I would go with the Australian made stuff.


Is any of it Australian still??
MCC had the 1/4 glass window seals made especially, but what about the rest??

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Mick wrote:
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I would go with the Australian made stuff.


Is any of it Australian still??
The stuff that is still in the BMC/Leyland bags is. :lol:
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Morris 1100 wrote:
Mick wrote:
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I would go with the Australian made stuff.


Is any of it Australian still??
The stuff that is still in the BMC/Leyland bags is. :lol:


I've got some of that here...I'm too scared to take it out of the bag lest it split :)

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Much of the automotive and general rubber that is sold by the metre comes from China now. I know, I've seen it unloaded. :lol:
Not sure if windscreen rubbers are from there, yet.

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