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Goodwill and Intangibles - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Feb. 27, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
South America [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Impairment of intangible assets			$ 7,981
North America [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 19,410
Customer relationships [Member] \| North America [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 19,000
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	12 years
Patents [Member] \| North America [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 410
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	15 years
Shenya Sealing (Guangzhou) Company Limited [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 6,605
Shenya Sealing (Guangzhou) Company Limited [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 1,313
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	7 years
Shenya Sealing (Guangzhou) Company Limited [Member] \| Use Rights [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles	$ 5,292
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life	45 years
Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles		$ 15,340
Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Customer relationships [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles		$ 5,110
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		15 years
Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Patents [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles		$ 180
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		3 years
Huayu-Cooper Standard Sealing Systems Co., Ltd. [Member] \| Use Rights [Member]
Goodwill [Line Items]
Intangibles		$ 10,050
Acquired Finite-lived Intangible Assets, Weighted Average Useful Life		30 years