Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:58:57 -0700
Reply-To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trim for door underside?
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Yep, pretty much. I guess I'll wrap some Gorilla-brand duct tape over
the pointy bit, though I'd prefer to use something designed for the
job.
On Wed, 2011-07-27 at 09:17 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
> Ah. Too thick?
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 7:18 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Well, I finally did hie me to my FLAPS and found that they had
> nothing that would fit the lower, outer corner of the door
> underside -- the pointy bit that can scratch nearby cars --
> because it's not a simple edge that u-profile edging can snap
> over (at least on my '84, other years may be different).
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 10:37 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:
>
> > Hie thee to your FLAPS for some door edge guard - comes in
> > colours too! ;)
> >
> > http://www.google.ca/search?q=door+edge
> > +guard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> > <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > When I was getting into the van in a parking lot
> > yesterday, the door
> > swung wider than it should have and briefly touched
> > the side of the car
> > parked next to me. As I climbed in, my weight drew
> > the tip of the van
> > door downward, leaving a comma-shaped scrape in the
> > paint of his gas cap
> > door.
> >
> > The guy who owned the car wasn't bothered, it had
> > plenty of scrapes on
> > it. But if it had been a shiny new expensive luxury
> > sedan I might have
> > been in doo-doo.
> >
> > The bottom edge of the door on my van is just
> > painted metal. I wish it
> > didn't want to swing wide so easily -- other cars
> > I've owned had
> > "detents" where the door could be parked in a
> > partially-open position. I
> > often am using both hands to pull myself up into the
> > seat so I can't
> > hold the door at the same time.
> >
> > Is there some kind of pre-fabbed rubber or vinyl
> > trim strip that can be
> > applied there to reduce the scratch potential?
> >
> > -- RJS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Jake
> >
> > 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> > 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
> >
> > Crescent Beach, BC
> >
> > www.thebassspa.com
> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
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