Date:         Sat, 14 Nov 1998 11:26:37 -0800
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Window Screens
Comments: To: The Bus Depot <ron@NETCARRIER.COM>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 1:58 PM 11/14/98, The Bus Depot wrote:
>>  How are the stock VW screens mounted?  Are they clipped or
>> screwed to the vehicle?
>
>They clip to the window frame.  It's a very functional design, but they will
>not work in a non-Westy window, and are quite expensive ($49.95 each) for
>the flimsy pieces of plastic that they are.  It's not worth trying to modify
>them to work in a non-Westy at that price, in my opinion.

        To the more discerning observer, the difference is the position of
        sliding window latch/release which is at the leading edge of the
        window on non-campers, while it's at the trailing edge position
        of the screen on the camper sliding window(which is also longer than
        the non-camper sliding window...). Expensive to modify...

>Better to
>fabricate something on your own. It doesn't seem it would be too difficult.
>Home centers and the like sell screen window kits for home use that could be
>used for this purpose.
>

        Yep.



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