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weather stripping

13 Episode Mentions

Too Afraid to Ask

Weather stripping is a rubber or foam strip that keeps rain and wind out of the car when you close doors or windows.

Technical Definition

Weather stripping is a flexible seal placed around doors, windows, and hatches to prevent water, wind, and noise from entering the vehicle.

Hear It Discussed

"You might have two problems because I think when that happens that the door itself is shut and the block isn't stuck. It sometimes is because the little rubber seal around the door. The weather..."
#2657: Getting to Yes The Best of Car Talk 19:11

"here's the thing with with a plan z if you're gonna get an old car you need to be real straightforward about what level of particular maintenance are we you know if the if we have to redo the..."
Audi Nuvolari; Teaching Kids to Judge Tires (for charity!) The Smoking Tire 11:12

"Restoring the wheels, maybe some new weather stripping it probably needs here and there. This might be the car that's just because of the rarity of it."
TMCP #653: Ask Rick – Leno’s Law, The Future of the Collector Car Hobby, and Rick’s Summer Car Challenge The MuscleCar Place 54:57