Bad reproduction window channel kit?

[felix37]

Has anybody had problems with there window channel kits from Vintique? I replaced all four windows less than a year and a half ago,and the felt and cloth is pulling away from all four outside pieces! and the once black cloth looks sun bleached white! Did I do something wrong?? the installation was pretty straight forward and I asked other people for advice before installing them.They looked great for the first six months,but now they are as rough looking as the originals I took off!!

[Ken/Alabama]

Ive had the same problems. mine came from Bob Drake and they were a dead ringer from the originals . I didnt have so much of coming a part as I did the fading . One trick I learned from a very respectable collector of 40 Fords is to re-color them with a black pemanant marker, makes them look like new . Cant help you much with them coming apart .

[32Gnu]

I am watching.. I need to order mine this week..

[Walt Dupont--Me.]

I've never got anything that says Vintique on the package that has been anygood. Walt

[V12Bill]

Originally Posted by walt dupont--me.

i've never got anything that says vintique on the package that has been anygood. Walt

x2!

[lotsagas4u]

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Originally Posted by Walt Dupont--Me.

I've never got anything that says Vintique on the package that has been anygood. Walt

You are spelling it wrong, its Junktique

[felix37]

The Sad thing is there is a big sticker on the box that says Made in the USA !!!

[FrankWest]

Originally Posted by felix37

The Sad thing is there is a big sticker on the box that says Made in the USA !!!

Maybe they were bulk made in Peru shipped to the US and packaged in the US and labeled made in the USA...The package that is, not the contents.

[Lawson Cox]

The ones I got for my 35 Pickup (Name of supplier withheld for personal reasons) and they started coming apart, especially at the curves. I clipped the fabric at the corners and glued them back down. Doesn't look too bad at present, but it hasn't been out in the sun much. Thanks for the tip about the magic marker.

[Ralph Moore]

Doesn't all of that Vintique's stuff come from China?

[Karl Wescott]

Vintique has a lot of stuff made in the USA. They also get a lot from China.

My understanding is that some of the window felt channels and single sided strip are standard automotive glass supplies that Vintique cuts, bends, and adds clips. The deeper batwings are custom made with the felt again a standard automotive glass supply. The issue could be with the raw material supplier (which is likely the same for Drake and Carpenter as well).

Contact whoever you purchased the kit from and see if they will work with Vintique to exchange it (they likely will... with one exactly the same LOL). If the vendor will not work with you email me at karlw(at)wescottsauto(dot)com and I will send you Vintiques phone number.

[31chevy]

I used " stickey stuff " a spray glue used for insulation, upholstery etc.

[chuck stevens]

I had the same thing happen on my 39 standard. But it was restored in the 80's and I just thought it was a time thing. It was so long a go I'm sure it wasn't Vintiques stuff.

[Barry-ct]

I bought mine from LMC and when they arrived, they were in a Vintique box. It also said, made in USA on it. I had to trim the ends like the old ones and add the push clips to the pieces. My doors on my truck have a recess on the top edge that you use to close the doors ( no arm rests ) and these parts were not the same curve as the recesses. I am very dissappointed in the kit. THe channels that the glass rides in were very good, but the horizontal fuzzies were crap! I will have to re-do the fuzzies again I'm sure. Maybe I should send them the old ones for a pattern!!

Barry

50 F-1

[39coupe]

I have the same problem with the one's in my '39. They aren't faded but do appear to be pulling apart. And my window glass goes up and down just fine. More marginal Vintique stuff...

[GreenMonster48]

Originally Posted by Barry-ct

I bought mine from LMC and when they arrived, they were in a Vintique box. It also said, made in USA on it. I had to trim the ends like the old ones and add the push clips to the pieces. My doors on my truck have a recess on the top edge that you use to close the doors ( no arm rests ) and these parts were not the same curve as the recesses. I am very dissappointed in the kit. THe channels that the glass rides in were very good, but the horizontal fuzzies were crap! I will have to re-do the fuzzies again I'm sure. Maybe I should send them the old ones for a pattern!!

Barry

50 F-1

I just did mine this summer....well one side at least. It was such a pain I didn't want to do the other side. The clips on the horizontal fuzzies WOULD NOT stay in. Similar experience though. Extreme disappointment. Was looking forward to doing that job.

[dude]

The sun plays havoc on cloth and dyes. Had the same problem on my cars. The sun doesn't care of it use made in China or USA.

[Gumpy]

purchased mine from drake they held up so far

[Kahuna]

I purchased my window channel, not as a kit, but indiviual pieces from Mac's. Also got some from an automotive glass place. They've held up great for the last 20+ years on my 39 Std coupe

[wga]

Felix - CR Laurence is a huge supplier to the glass service industry, felts, to aluminum extrusions. You can purchase from a glass shop - automotive or residential, commercial. Check the window channels they have. I used them for
my '49 . I compared what I had to what was in their catalog, dimensions, etc.

Their automotive website: http://www.crlaurence.com/apps/conte.../index_us.html