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Date:         Mon, 10 Oct 2005 12:56:33 -0600
Reply-To:     Bret Berger <bret@STONEFLYTECH.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bret Berger <bret@STONEFLYTECH.COM>
Subject:      Re: After market Window Winders ??
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com
In-Reply-To:  <12d.6696c806.307c121a@aol.com>
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Yikes!  It did work for me.  I bent them slowly.  It did not take much
of a bend to clear the speaker grills.  However, they really don't feel
right when you crank them.  If you can spare the $40+ the extensions
sound like a more refined solution.  :)


-bret


JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
>> For a quick and dirty solution you could put the winders in a vise and
>> bend them slightly.  I did this and it does not look too awfully bad.
>>
>
>
> yea i attempted to do this for a pair and i ended up cutting my window
> crank knob inventory in half..   or rather breaking my window crank knob
> inventory in half....
>
> destroyed like 10 window crank knobs attempting to do this...(pot metal
> does *not* like to bend...)


-bret
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