[T3] Vent windows seals

[Jim Adney]

On 6 Sep 2013 at 13:48, Dennis Stiefel wrote:

> We finally got the doors in from the body class today and have the doors on
> the car now.  We now have the daunting task of putting all these new seals
> on the doors and door glass that we got from ISP about a year and a half
> ago.  We are having an issue with figuring out how to put the longer seal on
> the vent window.  It looks like they are only 2 ways to get it on. Either
> cut the seal where the glass pivots at the bottom or remove the glass out of
> the frame.  I like the latter option better but how do take the glass out?
> The only way I see is to drill out some rivets at the top hinge and then
> where do you get some rivets like that to replace them. Just wanted to run
> this by everyone before we cut or drilled out something first.

That upper hinge pivot rivet is a real problem. If you drill it out I 
don't think you'll ever get it right again. VW used to have the 
rivets, but I think there was also a special tool to press those 
rivets into place nicely. I've never seen that tool, or heard of 
anyone else who did.

I've been down this road before and drilled that rivet out. I wish I 
hadn't. If I had it to do over again, I'd try to get that seal in 
there by cutting off the little strip at the top pivot that you don't 
really need and cutting thru one side of the rubber around the bottom 
pivot. I'm not actually sure that this proposed solution is possible, 
but I suggest that you consider it first.

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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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