Hi folks,
The rubber gasket that surrounds the door handles on our 'new' 75 are hard and cracked, and missing some bits. I had the impression these were very hard to come by and very expensive. A chap on the AlfaBB has remanufactured them and is selling them on ebay or direct.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Alfa-Romeo-Milano-75-Door-Handle-Gasket-Set-SALE_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4a9d725e18QQitemZ320469098008QQptZMotorsQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories#ht_500wt_1182
If you contact him directly you can have them for USD $80.00 delivered. I ordered a set and they came quickly and I'm really impressed with the quality. Apologies for dodgy iphone photo, really need to get a new camera. I haven't fitted them yet (need to get some paint for the door handles etc.) but lots of photos of fitment on the AlfaBB.
cheers,
Evan.
Yeah this guy was doing a bit of market research on the AlfaBB. Fantastic to see people putting in the hard yards to provide quallity replacement parts and deliver quickly.
It always seems that most of the random failure of Alfa's can be traced to poo quallity plasics and rubbers rather than actual design failure.
I've ordered a set as well and they look pretty good so far.
He usually lists them on eBay with the 'or Best Offer' function, so you can get them for better than $80 US if he's in a good mood ;)