[T3] Vent windows seals

[Brent Bottolfson]

On 9/7/13 6:55 AM, Jim Adney wrote:
> 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.
>
You can use the tool from a snap button set.  Punch it on an anvil with 
head of the rivet and tabs resting on an anvil.  The rivets are 
available from all the major parts suppliers for a couple bucks. Get an 
extra set in case you bugger one during install.