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bastardbus
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 Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 11:53 am Post subject: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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I have not bought door seal-weather striping for quite some time. Did a few searches and can not seem to find any recent info on who is making the best foam weatherstrip seal between the door and body. I do recall reading in a thread a while back someone mentioned C&C is making a good seal but can not seem to find that info again.
I used to buy nothing but West Coast Metric back in the day but with the large amount of manufacturers now in the game I figured there might be something better. I need a lot of seals for 3 buses a 60, 64 and 67. Any help, info and opinions appreciated
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70bus 
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 8:15 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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I find Wolfsburg West body and window seals too thick ( reports of people sanding backs of WW door seals to close doors properly, for instance). Maybe folks doing seals often prefer them and know how to get better results than i
. I ended up using a lot of BBT seals and like them.
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bastardbus
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:25 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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| 70bus wrote: |
I find Wolfsburg West body and window seals too thick ( reports of people sanding backs of WW door seals to close doors properly, for instance). Maybe folks doing seals often prefer them and know how to get better results than i
. I ended up using a lot of BBT seals and like them. |
That is second recommendation I have had for BBT seals. Is there a supplier in the USA? I can not seem to find anyone.
Thanks
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bastardbus
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2025 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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I messaged Lind just before I posted this thread.
Still in need of info on BBT supplier in the USA.
I see no method for ordering direct from on their web site.
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Lind
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 10:24 am Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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BBT is wholesale only. I am a BBT dealer.
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BarryL
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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| 70bus wrote: |
| reports of people sanding backs of WW door seals to close doors properly |
How do you sand rubber especially the soft inside with the firmer shell? |
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70bus
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2025 9:03 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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from a post by thom:
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| I gently ran the entire back of the seal over my belt sander with 120 grit, with extra attention to the extreme corners and inner top edge. It fits perfectly now, but it was a couple of hours work with the repeated grind/test cycles. |
this was an engine lid seal, but I was sure I'd read a few posts over the years of people sanding door seals; on bays too. I imagine you have an 1/16" or so of solid rubber before you get into foam structure, but even that can probably sanded with patience. I'd rather just get a seal that fits, myself.
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Buskraut
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 11:00 am Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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I recently bought seals for the front and cargo doors from WCM and found them to be too stiff. I decided to try CIP1 and had much better luck... they are softer (not to mention MUCH cheaper).
This thread has some good info:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=382734
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von_hansel
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 3:25 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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If I could go back in time, I would of bought the UK seals that Mark recommended in the link above.
I bought the crappy WW ones and had to modify them quiet a bit. the cargo door seals destroyed an NOS cargo door mechanism. That was my fault for thinking the seals would form with time. This was after I cut them up to fit around the door hinge bulges.
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srfndoc
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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| Buskraut wrote: |
I recently bought seals for the front and cargo doors from WCM and found them to be too stiff. I decided to try CIP1 and had much better luck... they are softer (not to mention MUCH cheaper).
This thread has some good info:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=382734 |
CIP1 carries many BBT parts so its possible that's what you got.
Lind has better customer service than CIP1 so I would try him if I needed any BBT parts.
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| Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2025 11:03 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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| Buskraut wrote: |
I recently bought seals for the front and cargo doors from WCM and found them to be too stiff. I decided to try CIP1 and had much better luck... they are softer (not to mention MUCH cheaper).
This thread has some good info:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=382734 |
Do you remember which ones you bought from
Cip1? They sell several different manufacturers |
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Buskraut
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2025 11:32 pm Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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These are the ones I bought from CIP1 in June 2025:
C24-211-831-721-US
C24-241-841-823-A
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| Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2025 8:25 am Post subject: Re: Who makes best body to front and cargo door seals currently? |
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| BBT from Lind......and way cheaper. |
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