Merlin's Wisdom--- Collectible Automobile VX Article

[vt_maverick]

Good call mindaugas, since it was for sale on eBay I just assumed it was a clipping from an older article. Sue did you realize it was from THIS MONTH'S edition when you bought it?

[VX KAT]

So far I've ordered 9 items from Merlin and only 1 part I asked for was listed as "discontinued/no longer in production." It is the little plastic rivet that secures the leading edge of the door frame weatherstripping to the A-pillar. Knowing that it was discontinued let me know I needed to be very careful when removing the old one. I did so and was able to reuse the old part.

Oh yeah Rick, I know that same one.......it's the one I snapped off when removing my old, torn weatherstripping to install a new one .......I even went back to the bag the strip came in looking for a rivet..... Thanks Mark, I'll make a stop at Napa to see if I can find one.

But, I haven't replaced it and the rubber strip seems to stay in place just fine....I tested opening & closing the door a bunch (just ask Dave how many times ) to see if the rubber would come out of the track or bunch up or whatever, but nothing...it's still fine, been about 4 months.

Good call mindaugas, since it was for sale on eBay I just assumed it was a clipping from an older article. Sue did you realize it was from THIS MONTH'S edition when you bought it?

No, actually, I also thought it was going to be an older article. Was surprised to see it was from August 2011 when it came.