Date:         Wed, 21 Jan 2015 21:36:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
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From:         Richard A Jones <Jones@COLORADO.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Which Wind/Rain Deflectors?
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Loren wrote:
> Second option here:
> http://www.t3technique.com/accessories/wind-rain-deflectors/
> More money but I have seen them and like them.

Well, when I wrote The Skylight Guy, you should have known that
I meant t3technique! No wonder they are not on The Skylight
Guy's webpage....  ;-)

Those are the ones I have and like better than the ones from
Eurocampers (...etc) that I had before.

I will say, concerning fit, that the Weathertech ones I got
from Eurocampers several years ago did not fit my '87 Syncro
Westy but did fit my '81 air-cooled.  Steve understood and
sent a different set which fit my Westy.  I did use some black
RTV to stick them up in place and not slowly drop down with window
actions.

The t3technique version fits fine with the clips that hold them
in place, although the passenger side one doesn't fit totally
tight down at the lower end of the L.  It doesn't seem to
affect anything and I have had them for a couple of years.  I
have not tried any RTV to hold that lower end in the channel--
it just doesn't seem to matter.

My vote is for the design of the t3technique version over the
Weathertech--in terms of wind deflection with the window open.

Richard