Colin wrote:Thanks very much for this James. You've provided a real service to the rest of us with this detailed account of the issues with these rubbers. Whatever car these rubbers are designed for it certainly isn't Viva HB. The profile looks a lot more complex than the relatively simple HB Viva OE rubber profile.
I'm kicking myself that I threw out the old rubbers from my car. It would have been useful to compare the original rubbers' profile with the Classic-Car-Seals one you've kindly provided.
I have an East Kent Trim Supplies rear cut and shut rubber to fit. I will post up a picture of the profile for comparison before I try to fit it and let you know how I get on.
That's no problem Colin. Just hopefully it helps others from getting caught in the trap I did.
I have 2 original screen rubbers, but both are rotten unfortunately. I did check the original against classic car seals rubber and even though it looks similar, it's far from being correct, even after all the modifying I did to the rubber, it's just not safe to have it fitted.
I'll get a picture up tomorrow, of the profile of classic car seals rubber and we could compare east Kent trim against it.
James