Motorhead Garage the program that each week introduces you to
and shows you how to install the latest and exciting and innovative products for your vehicle.
Motorhead Garage is presented by NHOU Protective Coatings. Now here's your host Dave Dobson.
Thank you for tuning in to another edition of Motorhead Garage presented by NHOU
Protective Coatings. No matter what kind of car you have chances are the elements
get to it whenever you're out on the road/ You're talking heat, you're talking cold,
rain, wind, and that means the rubber seals are usually the first to go and Danny you know usually
when you think of Steele Rubber we're thinking of classic cars like this one. What kind of stuff do
you have for the classic car folks out there? So for classic car people we have parts that
are made specifically for their vehicle if you've got a 65 Mustang we've got parts for 65 Mustangs.
For instance this is a trunk weather strip for a 66- 67 Lincoln Continental four-door convertible.
Huge car by the way. Right. The trunk weather strip you know it's got the convertible top in
there. It's got a lot of really intricate pieces. This trunk weatherstrip is no different. You can
see it's designed very purposefully for that and it fits just like it did from the factory.
And it's super complicated and you brought another one with you that's really complicated but for
not so much of a classic vehicle. Not so much of a classic vehicle. This is for Astro vans with
the dutch doors, the small doors on the bottom and we have them for the cargo doors as well but very
intricate parts that are very specifically needed for that setup. And there's still lots of folks
using these as cargo vans and they find that the seals are the first thing to go. Absolutely and
and those parts are being requested so we're making them. Likewise we have parts for S10
trucks that's what these window felts are. Which I call window fuzzies and there's lots of names for.
Belt lines, cat whiskers. Yeah anti-rattles. So we have parts that are made specifically for that
so it's got factory cut corners, it's got clips right where they should go. The same with these,
these are made for a Ford Ranchero so they have the clips right where they should go just like
the original parts. These are so specific so how do you manufacture parts and how do you come up
with the parts you need for vehicles like that. Well all the parts that we make for a car usually
come from customer originals. Someone requesting hey can you make this and sometimes we can so
that's that's what's happened with all of these. Similarly we also work with a lot of people who
may not have a car that had weatherstripping on it to begin with like this 29. It may not have had
rubber on it so we can still find a solution for them to fix any kind of seal issue. So what'd you
bring in in that regard? So for them we have our universal line. Universal belt lines if they're
working on their windows. We have universal door seals, trunk seals, any kind of bumper and grommet
that you know may be specific for something you can also find in that universal street rod
section. And to help you find out what you need we have our sample packs. It's great to have a little
piece to test fit on there as well as our catalogs. I know that the rubber seals
are kind of the last thing to go on a vehicle whenever you're restoring one or building one.
How many folks treat it like an afterthought and and really kind of do it the wrong way to
begin with? I think it is treated a little bit like an after thought you might you even say
paint sprayed on weather stripping and not pulled off before they paint but it really goes a long
way for the looks of the car to have a nice piece of weatherstripping. It protects it, it makes it
look better especially when you got vent windows and they're cracking and the belt line, the window
felts are cracking it doesn't look really good. And when you've got something where the engine's
not making as much noise as this one you hear a lot of wind noise sometimes going down the road
you guys can help prevent that too. Yeah wind noise is a big complaint and even if it's trying
to fix an issue and not a whole seal replacement we do have items that can fill any kind of gap.
How specific do your catalogs get? We do year make model and even body style specific catalogs.
So if you've got a Chevy Astro van we can get your catalog just for a 2000 Chevy Astro van or
just for a 66 Continental four-door convertible. You don't have the parts for that car nothing else
you don't have to worry about if it fits your body style or not. We have the universal which
is kind of our catch-all for all of our different profiles, bumpers, and grommets and then we have
our RV and marine catalog which shows all the products that are specific to those vehicle types.
Big slide outs on the RVs or some of the special windows on boats. And you guys are really relied
on by some pretty important people out there. I saw something new on your website uh service
vehicles. Yeah we're actually doing parts that are very specific to fire trucks and ambulances.
You know people who are on the front lines and and they need rubber parts as well so we're making
that for them. Well no matter what the vehicle you can find rubber parts for it at steelerubber.com
whether it's a restoration, a new build or your vehicle's just getting tired check them out. We'll
be right back with more Motorhead Garage presented by NHOU Protective Coatings right after this.