crimsondragon
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- Dec 17, 2006
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East Brunswick,
New_Jersey
So the liftgate reveal moulding (MB881972) has been discontinued. I have tried to order online through Mitsu dealers of NA. I have also tried overseas through the company that specializes in getting, literally, "overnight parts from Japan." Either a lot of people are changing their hatch glass or Mitsu didn't envision people changing it often and made few replacements. Just wondering if anybody has found a universal substitute of some sort?
Just some basics if somebody has a clue but needs a description: The glass isn't held in by the reveal moulding. It's job doesn't even involve sealing the glass to the hatch. All it does is center the glass and fills in the channels to cut down wind noise. The glass is held in by Window-Weld, and the moulding holds to the glass and fills the void between the glass and the hatch. The moulding retains no holding capacity to the hatch itself.
Just some basics if somebody has a clue but needs a description: The glass isn't held in by the reveal moulding. It's job doesn't even involve sealing the glass to the hatch. All it does is center the glass and fills in the channels to cut down wind noise. The glass is held in by Window-Weld, and the moulding holds to the glass and fills the void between the glass and the hatch. The moulding retains no holding capacity to the hatch itself.