[T3] Window rubber

Brent Bottolfson brent at bottolfson.net
Sat Jul 14 21:48:19 PDT 2012


I used Bus scrapers for the inners and 68+ Beetles for the outers.  I 
used Bob's method of attaching them with a rivet without the 'nail'.

You can get real VW brand Beetle scrapers from Wolfsburg West and very 
good quality Bus repops for the inners.  Mine turned out really nice and 
lay flat.

-Brent

On 7/14/12 11:21 PM, James Lingenfelter wrote:
>  So, is it generally agreed that the bay window bus inner scrapers 
> make a better substitute than the late beetle outer scrapers? Just 
> trying to figure out exactly what I should get.
>
> On Jul 14, 2012, at 5:30 PM, Keith Park wrote:
>
>> I used the T2 rubber, I think it was the inners for the Outers on the T3
>> trim.  The flange isn't really deep but it was deep enough to punch 
>> holes in
>> and rivet them inside the sandwich between the aluminum trim and the 
>> inner
>> steel clamp.  The one thing I do remember is to make sure you get 
>> them down
>> far enough before you punch the holes, you want the lip on the 
>> scraper to go
>> right against the aluminum trim to kind of kick it in toward the 
>> window just
>> a bit.
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>
>> Top Notch Restorations
>> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
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>> 71 Squareback "Hothe"
>> 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo"
>> 65 Squareback "Eggcrate"
>> 87 golf "Winterat"
>> 93 RX7 "Redstur"
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org
>> [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of
>> Bobsnotch at aol.com
>> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 2:04 PM
>> To: type3 at vwtype3.org
>> Subject: Re: [T3] Window rubber
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 7/14/2012 1:34:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> jimmyandcher at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> Yikes;  sounds like it'll be easier to just use the type 1 rubber!
>>
>> On Jul 14,  2012, at 10:14 AM, Dan Badeer wrote:
>>
>>> Let me add some comments to  my previous (April) notes.
>>>
>>> The ones from Avery's were  WCM.  The outer scrapers did eventually
>>> fit, but with hours of  work (sore fingers).  The inners were so ill
>>> fitting that I left  them out.  The clips were in the wrong locations
>>> and did not  match the holes in the door, the rubber started to tear
>>> after many  tries and so forth.  Maybe someone out there has found
>>> better  ones
>>
>>
>> That's my thought too. As for the inners, I use t-2 bus seals, but I 
>> re-use
>>  the t-3 wires, and cut new matching slots into the t-2 parts. This has
>> worked  out just fine on both my wife's fastback (they were done back in
>> 1990),
>> and my  65 Notch (done in 2001).
>>
>> Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
>> 64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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