[T3] Window rubber

James Lingenfelter jimmyandcher at yahoo.com
Sun Jul 15 00:24:18 PDT 2012


  OK, thanks for the info. At this point my inside scrapers are still  
good. I just need the passenger side outer scraper replaced.
   Jimmy

On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:48 PM, Brent Bottolfson wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> 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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