I just went through the same exact thing on my '96 VW GTI back in February. What I used was a product called Fun Foam, available at your local craft store (I got mine at Michael's). I cut the foam to size and used weather strip adhesive (it was in an orange tube) to glue it onto the blend doors. I got this idea from vwvortex.com and it has been working great. Ryan --- roger sisler <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM> wrote: > I cant find anything that will work . I went to Home > Depot and went to the weather strip asle. The have > lots of weather striping. All about 1 inch is width. > I need 2.5 inches for the flaps.Also, the foam I am > removing has a sort of "skin" on each side of the > 1/4 inch thick foam. This, for wear resisrtance, and > a better seal? The foam is very soft.I understand > that it has a softness rating of 1(whatever that > means). I looked in the archives and have found > several request for a good foam lead. Nobody got > one,so I dont know what they used, or if it lasted. > The heater box replacement requires the removal of > the dash board, so I want to do it right the first > time. These flaps on the early box have no access > for removal unless the entire box is removed.Not > good, and VW changed this on the later boxes. I want > this early box because it has the oval cut out for > the BA6. So ,what did you use for the foam gaskets, > and how long have they lasted? Thanks,Roger > > --------------------------------- > Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone > Calls using Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. >
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