Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:10:36 -0700
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Trim for door underside?
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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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