Date:         Mon, 17 Apr 1995 07:44:37 -0500 (CDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      Cal Look Vanagon (fwd)

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Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
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Subject:      Cal Look Vanagon

Well I don't want to open up a can of worms here but, last week I removed 
the plastic silver (orange yucky) trim around the windshield and rear 
window and cleaned the rubber and wow what a difference. 

Instead of looking at my Vanagon and thinking "Oh that trim looks bad!", 
now I think "Wow, why didn't I do that before?"

The rubber is healing up nicely. The opening left from the trim is 
completely closed up in most areas and is not noticeable from a distance 
and it REALLY looks better. I may pull it off the side windows next but 
then I might be inclined to do something (like paint) the chrome around 
the front door window and the sliders in the middle and that's more work 
than I can tackle at the moment.

BTW, for those who posted about this earlier, the windows haven't fallen 
out and I don't think that doing this will cause them to. 

Also BTW, I have the bumpers off. They have been blasted and are now in 
the process of being primed and painted Satin Black. They look GREAT!

Peace,
Rich Smith
'87 (almost Cal Look) Vanagon
Various other VW stuff