Date:         Sat, 21 Jan 2006 15:06:01 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Source for black window seals w/o moulding groove
Comments: To: JordanVw@AOL.COM
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JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:

>In a message dated 1/21/06 1:27:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>rich.jones@COGECO.CA writes:
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>>) I've decided to ditch the window seals with moulding grooves and their
>>yellowing plastic "chrome" inserts and have bought all new seals without
>>moulding grooves from GoWesty. The problem is that the rear side window seals are
>>grey, while the rest of them are black. See the photo here:
>>http://home.cogeco.ca/~thejoneses/
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>>I called GoWesty and they said that the grey ones are the only ones they can
>>get, though they did offer a refund if I decide to return them. Then I
>>called OEVeedub and ordered another set of rear side seals, since they assured me
>>that theirs were black, not grey. I guess this is all subjective though,
>>since theirs were just as grey as the ones from GoWesty. So now I have two sets
>>of grey seals (four in all).
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>hmmmm.... first of all..theyre not "grey" .   theyre black and new rubber
>comes w/ a powedered coating on it.  just CLEAN it.   wipe them down with windex
>or armor all or whatever.   youll see what i mean .  :<)
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>secondly, good luck finding these used.   when you remove a rear side window,
>you either have to:
>-break the glass to save seal
>or
>-cut the seal to save the glass.
>and '89 up has the vent thing at the back so i think the seals may be
>different..
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>chris
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Chris,

My machine is an as '88 GL and it has the vent thingys at the back end
of the  rear windows. Maybe I have a "Late" '88 model??

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver