Date:         Mon, 30 Jun 2003 14:48:18 -0400
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From:         The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Westy Luggage Rack Pop Top Seal Install Question (Bus Depot)
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> I replaced my pop top seal with the same kit. The luggage
> rack seal from bus depot as I remember is thinner, that is
> has less heft, than the stock seal. In fact I would say the
> luggage rack seal they provide is more an edge guard than an
> actual seal from VW. (The actual pop-top seal that hooks to
> the moving part of the roof is a seal--and a great one at
> that--but the front "seal" from bus depot is more of a trim
> piece. The luggage rack remember doesn't have to be water tight.).


Not only does the luggage rack not _have_ to be water tight - it
_shouldn't_ be water tight. Our design is intentional. The original VW
luggage rack seal also was not a seal, just a trim piece. If you look at
the top of your luggage rack, it has holes in it for rain water. The
rain water must then travel past the "seal" to the rain gutter. A true
"seal" would impede that drainage.

- Ron Salmon
  The Bus Depot, Inc.
  www.busdepot.com
  (215)  234-VWVW

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