Date:         Thu, 5 Mar 1998 15:36:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Mark Mages <mmages@GIE.COM>
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From:         Mark Mages <mmages@GIE.COM>
Organization: Gulf Interstate Engineering
Subject:      Cabinetry and tint - the bane of my existence?
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Hello everybody!
I have a problem.  I want to tint my windows in my van (Texas is no fun
in the summer) but am having a problem with all that pesky cabinetry in
my '87 Westy.
I need to know how to pull the rear closet out.  I tried it over the
last weekend, and succeded in removing all the bolts, but it is still
wedged in there pretty good.  I cant pull it out the back (bad angles)
and I cant pull it out the front without tearing half the cabinetry
out.  I can't tilt it out toward the inside because... well, there just
isn't enough room.  I can't take it apart, because some genius decided
it would be better to put 500 staples in it than 10-15 bolts/screws.
And these problems don't even begin to brush on the AC hoses running
through the cabinets.

I am trying to decide if it might be easier to just pop out the window
and have it tinted while it was out, but this brings up the problem of
getting it out and back in with the cabinet in the way, not to mention
possible damage to the seal (which really needs to be replaced anyways,
but.........)

So, I guess what I am asking is if anyone has had a Westy tinted, how
did you get it done, what did it involve, etc....

Thanks in advance for all your help, and especially thanks to all the
people who helped me figure out that rear windshield wiper that I didn't
get back to individually.

Mark
87 Westy GL
91 GTi (looking 4 a good one)