Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:43:39 -0600
Reply-To: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
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From: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject: Re: What is that strip?
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Has anyone tried to actually put screen in using that groove?
jimt
On 10/30/04 12:15 PM, "Mike Collum" <collum@VERIZON.NET> wrote:
> Some have reported that they replaced the plastic chrome strip with rubber
> spline that is intended for installing screening material in aluminum
> windows and screen doors. It comes in more than one size. The bigger stuff
> would be better.
>
> I have not done this but it sounds like it would be better than just leaving
> the groove unfilled.
>
> Mike
>
>> Has anyone had any luck removing the Chrome strip and just leaving the
>> seals
>> with the gap instead of replacing the whole seal. When I bought my '88
>> (last year they used chrome molding) the previous owner had removed the
>> chrome trim around the windshield. The gap for the chrome molding is
>> there
>> and the strip didn't appear to have any structural purpose. I've had no
>> problems with the windshield but just curious if the remaining window
>> seals
>> might become problematic if I just remove the chrome trim.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dennis Wood" <guskersthecat@YAHOO.COM>
>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2004 10:05 AM
>> Subject: Re: What is that strip?
>>
>>
>>> I tried to remove them and paint them...that's a mistake. If you remove
>>> the strips, they will be cracked and distorted to the point of disposal.
>>> I
>>> did purchase the straight black window rubber (no trim) from one of the
>>> list vendors (Bus Depot?). I was in the painting process and replacing
>>> the
>>> windshield, so new trim front and rear made sense. One thing I recall
>>> well
>>> is the hellish time the glass installers had putting the rear window in.
>>> At one point there were three guys swearing over it. The new rear trim
>>> was
>>> very very tight.
>>>
>>> We are in the winter salt zone here, but the van is not used in winter.
>>> It
>>> was amazing how much rust, including a few perforations, was found
>>> sitting
>>> in the window frames. On the front windshield, I ground/blasted all the
>>> rust away, then laid one six ounce layer of fibreglass along the bottom
>>> of
>>> the frame, using west system epoxy (with microspheres) to bond and seal
>>> it. The entire frame then got epoxy primer with the rest of the van, and
>>> then top coat. Needless to say, no problems have shown up in the last
>>> four
>>> years.
>>>
>>> I guess the point of this is that if you are replacing trim, prepare for
>>> some body work. I wish I would have done the side glass too. There were
>>> no problems four years ago but I've just noticed a small bubble at the
>>> base
>>> of one of the rear windows.
>>>
>
>
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