Jim, done this lots of times. You have to trim that piece down. Not sure why it is always just about an inch too long. I have this set of razor cutters that I bought a while back at Home Depot that I use. Cut from the back side to the front side with a razor knife and you should be good to go. Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Years ago, when I put new scrapers and upper groove trim into my front door > window opening, the upper part was, say, a half inch too long to fit and I > had to trim it off. > > Now I'm doing that job again on a different vanagon. Same problem . I > simply can't fit the entire length of the upper piece in the space between > the vent window rubber and the top of the scrapers. The scrapers, of > course, have a stamped steel form under the rubber and there is no other > way to install them than the way thy go in, so there is no adjustment > available there unless I'm missing something. > > If you've done this without trimming anything, how did you do it? > > Jim >
-- Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com |
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