>>Do the plastic (that used to look like chrome) strips that are inlayed in >>the window seals on my '85 Vanagon serve any useful purpose? They have >>discolored and look kind of nasty now and I'd like to just take them out. > >Nope, thems just thar to look purty. You will have a gap for a while, until >the rubber shrinks back down and fills it. It won't leak though. > >er ah be careful bunkie... > >That funny little trim strip is a compression device that keeps the rubber >window seal in. To remove the window easily, pick out the trim and simply push >gently on the window from the inside or even from the outside. If the trim >is not installed the window seal is "unlocked" and can fall or be pushed out >very easily as the only thing holding it is stiction from the old rubber to >the body paint/rust. With the trim installed, you've gotta break the window >to get it out. Ask any of Thom's "friends on the street" who visit his bus >on occasion. I had similar ones on my old VW's, and never had a problem yanking them out. Maybe those were different. Never had a vanagon. Never seen trim in a split window bus windshield. Bunkie -- > Join the army, travel to exotic places, meet fascinating people, and kill them. ............................................................................ : Thom Fitzpatrick Transamerica Info Mgmnt : : Systems Administrator 1860 Howe Ave : : tfitzpatrick@tim.com Sacramento, CA 95825 : : fax (916) 921-6781 (916) 565-3346 : ............................................................................
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