LewisR Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Hi, all... I'm sprucing up my mom's last car (she passed in 2006), a 1997 Riviera, to take to the ROA meet this year. Among the various bits and pieces I'm trying to locate is a source for the rubber strip which was apparently available from the factory as part of the chrome trim "assembly" for each wheel. Mine are in varying states of tearing (poor disassembly by careless workers, age, who knows?). While the stainless itself is in fairly decent shape, the drooping, torn rubber looks very sad. 😧 Metro Moulded Rubber doesn't seem to show anything for this. I'm wondering if another fabricator has anything useful. TIA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne R Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Lewis try J and J auto wreakers---Ohio 100% feed back have 97 Riviera parts there for last month, very good and reliable , i have purchased from them in the past.-----go to this forum junk yards march 19 2023. ph number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Lewis, That's a problem on the last generation of Riviera. I've used a small amount of contact cement on the back end of the rubber strip to reattach it to the molding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisR Posted February 21 Author Share Posted February 21 Thanks, guys. Jim, I've got two out of four with the rubber hanging. I could try something like trim adhesive, I guess. Might be worth a try vs replacing otherwise good looking trim (for other pieces which might not as mine). Thanks for the suggestion. Wayne, thanks for the pointer. I may just contact them. As luck would have it, while it's the rubber problem up front, the driver's side rear is marred. If I can swing a deal for all four wheels to have decent spares on hand, even if Jim's suggestion works for me for now, might not be a bad thing, as these parts are getting really hard to find. (I had to track down an entire steering column for a turn signal yoke a couple of years ago.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 (edited) Similar situation with body side moldings on the last RWD Roadmasters. If weatherstrip adhesive doesn't work, or the rubber is already missing, some have removed the rubber and replaced it with appropriately sized vinyl striping tape. Edited February 25 by EmTee (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LewisR Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 (edited) Great suggestion! Thanks Edit: I don't know why this rubber - like fender welting, back in the day - was just not made a separate part. That's the factory for you. Edited February 23 by LewisR added mention of fender welting being separately available (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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