[T3] Window scrapers

[James Lingenfelter]

  That could be, but my passenger side one fell apart first.... no  
arm on that door ordinarily.

On Apr 9, 2012, at 2:58 PM, Gary Forsmo wrote:

> Did I read, or did someone tell me, or
> having I been having VW Type 3 "dreams" again ...
>
> When you lower the window glass and drive with you upper and forearm
> resting on the window sill, you should leave about 1/8" to 1/4" of the
> glass sticking up above the rubber scraper?
>
> The perspiration and skin oils from your arm apparently tend to
> deteriorate as well as deform the rubber, since we tend to place our
> arm in the same area every time.  It may make sense.  And (if that
> true) it surely would reduce the need to replace window scrapers and
> what appears to be a protracted "fix" in labor and time.
>
> Anybody had this same advice?
>
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
> Rockport, TX (winter)
> Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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