Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:54:02 -0700
Reply-To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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From: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Trim for door underside?
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www.campingworld.com/shopping/product/slideout-corner-guards/5960
Or enter "slideout corner guard" as a keyword or item number search on their website..
On Thu Jul 28th, 2011 2:27 PM CDT Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>Link? Their search function is pretty lame.
>
>--
>RJS
>
>On 07/28/2011 12:13 PM, TJ Hannink wrote:
>> Camping World makes a corner protector for the slide-out on an RV that would work.
>>
>> On Wed Jul 27th, 2011 12:10 PM CDT Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>
>>> You could make a nice bumper oo the point with polyurethane caulk - hard to
>>> match the colour but makes a nice springy, rubbery coating.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM, Rocket J Squirrel<
>>> camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> 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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