When I designed the seals that Rob is talking about we had to keep in mind the varying thicknesses and the curve in the rubber This is a part that the tooling costs will never be recovered and needed is a left and right die and a left and right cutting die. So 4 tools were needed. The I think $35 price tag for the material is far less than you will spend making your own and if you use a consistant thickness it will not fit or look right and if doing the job twice is OK then take a chance but most people that I know that have done it have gone back and redone it over Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/