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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 09:59 AM
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The weatherstripping at the bottom of my left A Piller fell off. I know it’s not sold separately as a part and comes as part of the chrome piece it’s attached to. Does anyone have an alternate to buying a complete chrome piece? Can we get a separate weatherstripping piece? Has anyone customized one? I understand this rubber is prone to disintegrating and buying a used 20+ year-old chrome piece with the weatherstripping attached is bound to have the rubber disintegrate again.

I attached a photo of my missing piece from the left side and a photo from my right side that still has the weatherstripping.
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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 08:08 PM
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Quite some years ago I made my own replacements for the drip rail finishers and posted about it here. They are still holding up perfectly.
 
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Old Aug 2, 2021 | 08:44 PM
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pdupler,

Thank you for the link. That is an interesting solution. I will try it if I can’t find a part. I know I’d have to buy the whole chrome drip rail and then I’d simply be getting another old piece of rubber that will eventually disintegrate like mine did. I wonder if someone could make these with a 3D printer?
 
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