Rubber door moulding alternatives

[Pilot2]

On my 95 PA, the moldings were intelligently designed, on my 2000, the designer must have been drunk. The rubber door moldings have a steel backing that rusts and separates from the rubber and they cost a fortune to replace, +200.00 each. Who has a good fix or alternative?

 

[HotZ28]

Are you looking for part # 21? If so, the price is not that bad. There is no alternative for a job well done. Click Here for part number & description.

 

[Enslow]

Wow, if you can get your parts from the site that HotZ28 linked, those are good prices. I just checked one part I got recently, and the local dealer around here wanted about double.

 

[Pilot2]

Wrong moldings, take a look at moldings 10, 12 and 15 from the same dealer at:

http://parts.nalleygmc.com/showAssembly.aspx?ukey_assembly=369038&ukey_make=1022&ukey_model=14446&modelYear=2005&ukey_category=19392&ukey_driveLine=0&ukey_TrimLevel=15566&ukey_modelRange=0&searchString=

Now you see why I am looking for an alternative as both sides need replacement. :-/

 

[Kevandkaye]

Last March, when I saw how much they wanted, I decided to take it upon myself to find a solution. I got some 1 inch weather stipping from Ace Hardware and placed it along the inner and outer edge of the door and stuck the two lower edges together. this was over a year ago and to my surprise, it's still holding up! Make sure that both sides of the door lip are super clean, free of scale and give it a good degreaser wiping. I used rubbing alcohol as a prep. these are from mid-winter last year...

 

[cstruc]

I ended up getting fed up with the way that mine looked as well. Living in a climate with the wonderful freeze/thaw cycle did a number on the metal inside for mine. I ended up taking out the metal pieces (or whatever was left), cleaned them up, painted the bottom of the doors with POR15 to help the rust that had formed on them, and then threw some silicone into the channels and slid them back onto the door and used some clamps to hold them in place while they set. It's been 2 years and they still look pretty decent.