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• Re: window gasket
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 19:38:33 EDT
  ...You could even just remove all the trim to make the van match and look better. If you get new trim it lasts for...
• The incredible shrinking trim
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:19:12 -0400
  Does anybody else have this problem in their Westy? Many pieces of "rubber" trim on my Westy (you know that gray plastic stuff covering...
• Re: Window Trim
  Historical mailing list - Neal R. Hansen
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 18:38:05 -0700
  ...Window Trim... John, Negative on the window trim being installed, prior to the glass. The chrome bead spreads the rubber, and makes the installation...
• Re: trim pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 23 Jul 2018 23:21:42 -0700
  ...trim pieces > > Vanners, > > Some of my rubber trims pieces, 87 syncro, are falling off. I don't want to nail them up so what...
• Re: Window seal beauty ring/trim?
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:32:37 -0400
  ...Some people have suggested that removing the trim can weaken the seal (this article suggests this, for example: http://www.van-cafe.com/home...
• Black interior door handle trim plate.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 20 Sep 2022 07:52:28 -0500
  ...Also a pair of finger scuff guards that go with the trim plates. Has anyone got extras of these they would dispose of? Thanks!
• Re: window trim and carpet question
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:00:26 EDT
  I removed the plastic trim on all of the windows and replaced it with black window screen spline. This fills the space and keeps...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 00:50:42 -0500
  Why is there no aftermarket trim available I wonder? Jeff Sent from my iPad On 2012-07-15, at 12:10 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo...
• Frustrated in Minnesota
  Historical mailing list - Larry Himli
  Sun, 12 Oct 2003 17:50:39 -0500
  The trim around my windows was very brittle and discolored so I ordered all new chrome painted plastic trim and was excited about how...
• Re: Window Trim Install - Details & MisInfo in Archives
  Historical mailing list - Eric Giroux
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:09:36 -0400
  ...If lucky, maybe one could make to side windows with one front/back trim. �ric >Actually, both mine and WCM's are genuine VW...
• Re: window trim
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:16:51 -0800
  ...window trim Howdy List, Does anyone have a line on new, window seal groove, plastic-chrome trim? Mine is quite faded. Any help sure...
• Re: cabinet trim on '87 westy...
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 21 Oct 2002 16:55:38 -0300
  ...The solution is to remove, then heat the plastic moulding/trim and then it can be stretched back into the correct length. Folks try...
• Re: A Different Jack
  Historical mailing list - James H. McCarthy
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 15:51:06 -0500
  ...As soon as I try jacking (no pun), the trim starts to >break. > >I want a new and different jack that doesn't fit...
• interior trim pics please
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:06:54 -0400
  ...pics of everything imaginable inside would be great, window trim, headliner, dash, overhead trim etc..</DIV> <DIV>TIA</DIV> <DIV>jason</DIV></div><br...
• window trim
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Thu, 11 Jan 2001 18:05:05 EST
  Howdy List, Does anyone have a line on new, window seal groove, plastic-chrome trim? Mine is quite faded. Any help sure is appreciated...
• Re: Windshield trim question
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 12:21:18 -0700
  ...The only issue is that on the windshield trim there is a larger > then usual gap at the bottom and no trim connector. > > > > Now...
• Re: Chrome Window Trim
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 14:23:41 +1000
  ...JC Whipme used to have it.... > > << Has anyone out there tried to paint their chrome window trim flat black > rather than replace it? It...
• Re: Removing carat body trim-front doors
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Tue, 25 Jun 2013 13:07:01 -0400
  Look up from the bottom of the trim pieces. Bolts are there. Just loosen them all and lift the trim op and off the...
• Re: Window Trim...
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 06:18:05 -0500
  John, Negative on the window trim being installed, prior to the glass. The chrome bead spreads the rubber, and makes the installation of the...
• FS: Tool to install the Silver Plastic Trim around the windows
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Wed, 17 Jul 2002 22:03:42 -0700
  Got it for 15.99 + shipping from www.equalizer.com, and now that I've installed the trim, I'm done with it. Worked...
• Re: '81 Vanagon - Front Window Scrapers
  Historical mailing list - Geoffrey Toye
  Fri, 25 Jun 2021 21:48:35 -0400
  ...I just loosen the locking lip from the rubber into the > trim and then just pull the entire trim out and you have instant...
• Front Bumper Trim Removal
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 16:15:00 +0000
  ...I understand that I have to remove the rubber trim strips to get at the mounting bolts. Removing the trim strips looks deceptively easy...
• Re: Removing door trim
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 1 Mar 2001 08:23:51 -0700
  A stout butter knife or spatula will be less likely to damage the trim. Karl Wolz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loretta Abbott-Kennon" <SyncrogalVW@CS...
• Automatic Rear 3-Point Seat Belts, Retrofit Installation
  Historical mailing list - Subject: Automatic Rear 3-Point Seat Belts, Retrofit Installation
  April 30, 1991
  ...but the front edge of the hole is 203mm (8in) below the top edge of of the luggage area trim panel, while the rear...
• Re: windshield sealing Q
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:37:52 -0600
  Jonathan, There has been a lot of debate about whether the locking trim is needed or not. I can only say that when I...
• SOLVED:early westy replacement trim
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:46:28 -0700
  I just received my new replacement trim that I have been diligently seeking for some time. The trim is an exact color match for...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA Re: Trimming
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 21 May 2012 07:05:56 -0400
  ...wrote: > Is there a plan to make the list ready for the present given the > ubiquity of handheld devices? It is absolute HELL trimming...
• Found something I've been looking for for a long time
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 23 May 2020 13:11:06 -0700
  Late Vanagon arm rest trim piece is now available: https://defunk3d.com/product/arm-rest-adjuster-trim/ The ones on my son's van...
• Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Fryday
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:38:28 -0800
  ...The trim is there for a reason, and decoration isn't the main > reason it's there. > > It is there because without it, the...
• Re: Desperately searching for trim piece
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Wed, 8 Mar 2017 10:36:03 -0800
  this is the missing trim piece... if you don't find it you could easily make one out of a bicycle inner tube and...
• plastic trim
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 13:08:33 -0500
  I am missing some plastic (?), chrome-colored trim along the rain gutter that runs down the front of each door frame (along the side...
• Re: 86 cabinet cad
  Historical mailing list - Abel Longoria
  Sun, 11 Jan 2015 21:43:13 -0600
  ...On Jan 11, 2015 9:37 PM, "Karl" <tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote: > It was new trim, sourced from Gunzl through Frank Condelli. Last I...
• Re: Okay, now THIS is embarrassing!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 20 May 2012 15:14:34 -0700
  ...Tails, TAILS, PLEASE TRIM YOUR TAILS! >
• Frame first then interior trim....
  Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 06:40:52 -0700 (PDT)
  Thom is this how your doing it? >They started with the frame and ended with the interior and trim... ^^^^^ > >Seriously, production began in 1950...
• Re: window trim replacement
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:17:14 -0700
  > when you replace the window trim, does it come pre-glue I didn't use any glue on mine, and they don't leak...
• Re: 85 Camper Wolf 3 point seatbelt question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 21:57:23 -0500
  ...bolt hole, I also got extra trim pieces for the closet, where the belt goes through to trim out the inside of the linen...
• Re: Desperately searching for trim piece
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Wed, 8 Mar 2017 09:45:52 -0800
  ...If that's the > case (or even if there is a trim piece), it can be removed, softened > carefully with a heat gun, and...
• Re: Who is the Manager of this list?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:45:23 -0700
  ...1.) trim, trim, trim. We are all aware of what's gone before. 2.) can we have just one subject for this "subject"? So...
• Re: Windshield trim question
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 11:27:20 -0800
  ...The only issue is that on the windshield trim there is a larger >> then usual gap at the bottom and no trim connector. >> > >> > Now...
• Re: window rubber: removing those unsightly plastic thingies
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:24:58 EST
  On second reading of Donald Baxter's note, I've understood him to be asking about the WINDOWS, not the TRIM. The windows are...
• Trimming replies/$$ content
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:18:00 -0600
  ...What that means is that if people aren't trimming replies, I get charged for useless and especially REDUNDANT drivel that is already in...
• Brown paint for interior trim?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Sun, 18 May 2025 16:48:19 -0500
  Happy Victoria Day long weekend to my neighbours up north! The brown plastic trim on my 85 is showing its age. Is painting a...
• trim pieces
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 23 Jul 2018 22:57:49 +0000
  Vanners, Some of my rubber trims pieces, 87 syncro, are falling off. I don't want to nail them up so what kind of...
• need trim for right rear panal
  Historical mailing list - dj
  Mon, 8 Dec 2008 20:23:27 -0800
  Anyone have or know where I can get a the small fiberglass trim for the right rear panal? dj ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon...
• Re: Restoring Westy cabinet edge pieces
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Sun, 15 Jul 2012 10:10:21 -0700
  I have worked on these cabinet trims myself; used the heat gun to soften them up to either stretch or just straighten them out...
• Re: vw dealer prices for fiberglass bumpers and body mouldings NEW
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 17 Feb 2003 20:59:30 -0600
  ...i called the local > VW > >dealer to get prices on a full set of fiberglass bumpers and lower > body > >claddding/rocker trim for the...
• Re: Window trims on my '87 - YANK 'EM OUT!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 20:02:23 -0400
  > > The glass repair shops say, and I believe them, that the trim is required to > properly lock the seal - (with this type of seal...
• Re: Anyone had to trim off the upper front window seals?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:09 -0400
  ...You have to trim that piece down. Not sure why it is always just about an inch too long. I have this set of...
• Re: ADMINISTRIVIA Re: Trimming
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 20 May 2012 18:46:00 -0700
  ...ubiquity of handheld devices? Not in the cards. > It is absolute HELLo trimming tails on my Steve Jobs device, There's nothing to it...
• Re: Trimming replies/$$ content
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 15:15:21 -0400
  ...What that means is that if people aren't trimming replies, I get charged for useless and especially REDUNDANT drivel that is already in...
• Re: Sliding door, Rail, Upper, Trim, Rubber
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:02:32 -0600
  ...take it off, and youll never get it back on LOL > > > I recently discovered the trick to reinstalling the rubber trim. Start > toward the...
• Re: Driver/Passenger window seals
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sat, 9 Apr 2016 15:15:17 -0700
  I just pulled out the SS metal trim insert with a pair of pliers and left the vent window seal in. The slot for...
• Re: shrinking edge trim in Westy
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Wed, 25 Feb 1998 18:04:30 -0500
  Try carefully removing the trim and soaking it in hot (not boiling but nearly) water, then stretch gently and re-applying while still soft...
• wanted: a few Ivory coloured trim poppers
  Historical mailing list - steve d
  Sun, 20 Feb 2005 14:35:42 -0000
  Hello - I need approx 6 of those ivory coloured poppers used to hold the trim panel in place on the sliding door & the tailgate...
• Window Trim
  Historical mailing list - Cochran
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 09:38:41 -0400
  Several people have mentioned what to do with the discolored trim pieces in the windows. My mechanic also suggested pulling it out, but I...
• Looking for Wolfsburg edition body trim part
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 11:50:44 -0500
  ...It tore off my mudflap and also the trim moulding on the sliding door. A long cross piece about 2/3rds the way down...
• Re: Window rubber trim alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Jack
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 12:28:44 -0800
  ...Window rubber trim alternatives To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > I pulled the trim from the windows on my van and the stuff just broke...
• Re: when you think you've seen it all ...
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Wed, 8 Jan 1997 09:25:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...someone comes along with something new: > > Joshua Tree Wood Trim > 2525 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite E4-337 > Boulder, Colorado 80302 > (800) 769-9178 FAX (303...
• Re: Outside trim panel - 1990 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:08:06 +0000
  ...30 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Need the short trim panel, right side, goes between the the right rear > wheel and the...
• Re: e-bay trim rings...blocked by seller! Now: other vendors?
  Historical mailing list - Janet Sanford
  Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:50:31 -0800
  I was looking at trim rings too. Considered the ones on ebay, but I wanted to just walk in somewhere and buy them. I...