For fun (?) this winter, I started a project to re-create the seal that goes between the top of the door and the cab.
I just pulled my first try from the mold tonight (yes, I know it is almost July...) It turned out pretty good for a first try.
Here is the first try:
My plan was to make a mold and then make the parts out of pourable polyerathane "rubber".
I tried several ideas but ended up making a 3D CAD model and having a plastic rapid prototype mold made.
Here is the CAD model of the mold (4 seperate pieces):
I still have some more tweaking to do. Some parts of the mold are very thin and the part tore when removing from the mold, so it looks like I will have to thicken some areas up. I will keep you guys posted on what I find out.
Of course, I have no idea how well it fits on the truck since mine is still all in pieces.
-Brian (and Angry)