Yes, I have. When I replaced the windshield I got a new seal without the trim channel, and then went around the van and pulled out the yucky looking trim. The van looks much crisper without, and I cannot move the glass at all. Just my experience. On 4/11/06, Geo & Kathleen Hahn <ahwahnee@cybertrails.com> wrote: > > Dana Showers wrote: > > >I just ordered a complete set of seals without the chrome strip from > >BusDepot for my 85 Westy... > > > > My chrome strips have turned the usual nasty brown... in the Tucson sun > it only takes a couple of months. > > Is there any reason why I should not just yank them out? On another car > (not the Westy) the windscreen was a real bear to get out even after > that chrome bit was removed. Maybe they are needed when the rubber is > new but 20-year-old window seals seem like they would hold pretty good > w/o it. > > Anyone done this? > > Geo Hahn > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.5/303 - Release Date: 4/6/2006 >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" www.crescentbeachguitar.com |
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