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• nice pic on "t5 pic site"
  Historical mailing list - mortimer peaberry
  Fri, 7 Jan 2005 07:52:14 -0800
  ...point is, as i have a trim piece next to the back seat that comes to the door. any ideas? steve volk santa cruz...
• Re: '66 bus mirrors
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Apr 1995 19:58:53 -0400
  ...Mine have the grey rubber trim even & actually fit pretty nice in the door hinges of the Single Cab.... Much clearer & BRIGHTER than the...
• Spiffing up my van
  Historical mailing list - ghamburg
  Sat, 11 Apr 1998 20:11:49 -0700
  If anyone wants to spiff up their black ( or other color) exterior front grill, wipers, door handles, side fill and , mirrors, power port inlets...
• Re: Getting door handles black again??
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:07:27 -0400
  Use SEM Trim Black Use it primer less and it gives the look of OEM. Just sand up the handle and shoot. also works...
• '82 sliding door jammed! (Solution!)
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 11 Feb 2000 20:48:41 -0800
  ...It probably fell off as the door was closed, so the door could not open again. Solution is to remove the interior trim panel...
• Re: Sliding door lower track repair
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 13 Feb 2019 14:34:22 +0000
  ...my sliding door track at the bottom. > > Is it feasible to lay/glue a piece of stainless steel sheet metal trimmed > to size in...
• My parts and accessories wish list
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Mon, 29 Jun 1998 10:53:16 EDT
  ...still possible to get the "Camping" trim badge to replace the "vanagon" name plate on the rear door? 3. I really want a Westfalia...
• Door vapor barrier
  Historical mailing list - a c
  Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:29:22 -0600
  ...doors a few months ago. the best I could come up with was 3M double sided tape (nonfoam kind) and a shower curtain. Trimmed...
• Re: Anyone had to trim off the upper front window seals?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:23 -0500
  ...trim into my front >> door >> window opening, the upper part was, say, a half inch too long to fit and I >> had to trim...
• Re: how many of you DONT have the armrest thingys on your front doorpanels?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:24:28 +1100
  ...points are in the door and the door panels have the screw holes in the hardboard behind the vinyl trim... YMMV however this is...
• Stiff Door Mechanism
  Historical mailing list - Jon B Kanas
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 16:29:32 -0600
  ...Remove the handle(s) and lock button, and the trim piece around the latch which secures the door in the open position. Using the...
• Re: Slider door handle working itself loose
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 1 Nov 2009 18:17:21 -0800
  ...I put my last lonely remaining '85 handle on. (end has to be trimmed to fit) Hopefully it's stronger than the older style...
• Re: Fwd: Vinyl mouldings ...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:05:59 -0400
  Actually, it seems like the easy t-molding (the one around the inside of the door openings and along the edges of the rear...
• Re: closing slider quietly
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 12 Aug 2020 22:18:09 +0200
  ...sliding door handle VW # 253 843 642 > sold used Ebay etc, new replicas? from GoWesty > > https://www.gowesty.com/product/handles-trim/2286/inside...
• Re: redline
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 18 Dec 2001 13:36:28 -0800
  ...Then thread it up trough the door handle, trim it to length, and put the funnel on the end. Mark Matthew Pollard wrote: > > No...
• Wanted, CD bezel for Mac 6100-6116 pizzabox
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 12:44:45 +1300
  ...My CD-R has a fold-down door which means either use no bezel or trim one to clear. I don't want to...
• I did it!!!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 9 Jul 2013 16:16:34 -0700
  ...push open the door, I just did it. Roll down the window and work from the outside (remove the trim cover on the B...
• Re: '84 Vanagon front door rain leaks
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Mon, 20 Apr 1998 09:48:58 -0400
  ...I replaced the gasket (got the "Cal Look" type, which eliminates the need for the trim moulding, from the Bus Depot) and had a...
• Re: 84 vs. 85 differences, swapping AC? & westy a/c system for sale
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Thu, 8 Dec 2005 04:23:28 -0800
  My '87 Camper isn't an "L" or a "GL" trim level vehicle, it is a base model. That means now power options, no...
• Re: Parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:59:46 -0700
  ...Good front door window trim. I'm looking for a left and a right, > bottom exterior window scrapers that accepts the chrome strip. > Doesn...
• Re: Old school Rain/Wind deflectors
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:49:35 -0700
  ...They carrier various lengths which they trimmed and bent to fit just about an car right at curbside. The operation looked to take about...
• Carat Found! Need body panel.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Huskins
  Wed, 21 May 2003 07:32:19 -0400
  ...BUT, it is missing one of the fiberglass (plastic?) lower body trim panels. This is the short piece behind the sliding door. Anybody have...
• Re: a trick to share... window..
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Spragge
  Wed, 27 Jan 2016 14:00:45 -0800
  ...as is, no trim), remove the zip tie > > Finish up with the scrapers and the top felt channel, since the door panel was off...
• Re: Sound deadening Dynamat
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 24 May 2015 08:37:34 -0500
  ...The door “curtain” is that plastic > stuff to keep the wind and water off the trim panel. > > > > Dennis > > > > > > *From:* Jim Felder [mailto:jim.felder...
• Re: Door Seals
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:29:44 -0700
  ...Door Seals > > Last night i noticed that my drivers door start making a lot of noise when i go over 55 MPH. Is this...
• Re: Painting door handles - now mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - Curt Newsome
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 08:56:36 -0700
  ...streetbugs@WHISPLLC.COM> wrote: > Hi Gregor > Use a Product called SEM Trim Paint (flat or gloss, > Flat looks nicer) usually at good auto paint...
• Re: Repainting Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:13:31 -0800
  ...Especially the little things, like removing door handles, trim, > bumpers, mirrors and, if you're really serious, all the windows. You simply > cannot get...
• Fridge for sale & propane tank for sale.
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:57:32 -0800
  ...complete with door and cabinet trim. located in moscow ID, 83843 $200, make offer. will consider trades. also have LP tank. A bit smaller...
• Re: Driver and Passenger Door Windows
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:26:04 -0600
  ...Driver and Passenger Door Windows >> >> >>> Can someone point me to a specific source for the trim and weather >>> stripping components that go in the...
• Door Lock in handle Q?
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 06:53:37 -0500
  ...pulled the handles and the wiper arms prep them for some trim paint by sem and wanted to pull the lock/tumble part. not...
• Re: Wet Westy
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda - Personal email
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:55:45 -0700
  ...I'm thinking it might be a bad door seal, perhaps the window trim, or maybe a plugged door drain. Any one have similar...
• Fitting 88 slider to 84 van... differences in years?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:15:01 -0700
  ...OK, as the whole doorjamb are rails will be installed, I think there will be no compatibility problem with the newer door in an...
• Re: Group discount - Vanagon high tops
  Historical mailing list - Veronica Fraga
  Mon, 14 Jul 2003 09:53:24 -0400
  ...It does not include any interior trim (that means no door on the cabover storage area). It does not include any upper bunk items...
• Re: TBD sliding door screen
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Tue, 5 Oct 1999 09:11:56 -0400
  ...You also open/close the sliding door while it is installed, if desired. It is available in brown or gray trim, for $89, on...
• Re: What is that strip?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:15:53 -0400
  ...When I bought my '88 > (last year they used chrome molding) the previous owner had removed the > chrome trim around the windshield. The gap...
• Re: early bus parts for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 15 Jun 1996 13:23:54 -0400
  ...What we need more than >anything right now are Deluxe bus parts (outside trim sets >or pieces, bumper trim sets or pieces, inside grab...
• Re: White vanagon parts (to those that emailed me)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 09:32:01 EST
  ...Sliding door done but damage not bad. Only one window broken on the door. Electric windows, two rear facing jumpseats and table, Seat/bed...
• Re: Door Lock in handle Q?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 07:34:16 -0500
  On the front door handles, there is a small drift pin that holds the "Fork" to the square shaft. If you hold the handle...
• Re: Trim for door underside?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:10:36 -0700
  ...can't > hold the door at the same time. > > Is there some kind of pre-fabbed rubber or vinyl trim strip that can be...
• Re: Restoration Shopping List
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 1 Mar 2016 08:00:09 -0500
  ...The front door wing window seals are only available now without the chrome trim groove. We have them in stock: <http://www.frankcondelli.com...
• Re: Mirror, Mirror, on the door.....!
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 18:19:09 -0700
  >The right door mirror works pretty >well on left when installed by the driver. Nice wide view, easy to adjust. >But the lesft hand...
• Re: Closet door mod pix
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:32:00 -0700
  ...Also, if you can find a gray (or paint one) small door from where the 110 V plug is, you can mount this small...
• Re: High beam blue light? P/N
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:01:14 -0700
  ...Like $1.69 out the door... The legs were NOT as long as the bulb I took out, I trimmed the plastic on the...
• FS: '89 Vanagon Carat (weekender)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 27 Oct 2000 03:49:53 EDT
  ...windows, power doorlocks, pwr mirrors, working cruise control, COLD a/c, p/s 2.1L, etc, burgundy w/ silver rocker trim/fiberglasbumpers, alloy wheels...
• Re: Got the wrong Vitrifrigo!
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Fri, 1 Aug 2008 12:07:35 -0700
  ...All the grey trim is there so I'd just have to cut off the top of the fridge door to get a piece...
• Eureka! Sound dampening?
  Historical mailing list - Neil2
  Sun, 12 Jun 2016 14:38:51 -0700
  ...By nightfall I realized the doors sound MUCH better than any doors soundproofed with ANY thing I've ever used. They didn't sound...
• DIY - $5 front door window screens
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:51:31 -0400
  ...http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=476834 some more images of the Gutter guard screen modified for the front 2 doors...
• Re: Things that make you go "Hmmmm"
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 10:55:12 -0400
  ...Rocker Panel/Cargo Doors: Pre68 BUSSES ...Similiar to the Sliding door track above. NOTE: All doors are suspect ...until proven rust free. Check for...
• Re: How to remove door part
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 5 Nov 2013 14:44:28 -0800
  ...Go Westy refers to these rather prosaically as a "finger plate for door release." I know this because I need one, mine has a...
• Re: Atwood Hydroflame Furnace Install
  Historical mailing list - David Vickery
  Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:57:14 -0800
  ...That was close enough for me and I trimmed it with 1 1/4" door molding. I see from other pictures, a lot of...
• Re: Painting the Vanagon;
  Historical mailing list - John C.
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:39:00 EDT
  ...I also have to install fiberglass bumpers & trim. And install electric door locks & windows, where manual were. I hope I can safely do this...
• Re: What is that strip?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 31 Oct 2004 10:28:21 -0700
  ...van door with no problem as well with the chrome strip in place. This time I did a side window with the trim in...
• Wing window removal?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:24:09 -0400
  ...I have disassembled the door about as far as I can, and I can't see how to get the wing window frame out...
• Re: removal of rear door panel
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:08:13 -0800
  ...Then you go to your FLAPS and buy a trim removal tool with which to break them off in the approved manner. :-) Or so...
• Re: Replaced driver's side front window seals. Report...
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Sun, 7 Jun 2015 21:13:23 -0700
  ...Trust me. > Find a way to secure the door from moving. > No, you can't put the door glass back in even if only...
• Re: FS: rare left rear westy weeeknder/multivan cabinet (with big door)
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 08:04:05 -0700
  ...its also a nice ugrade for a westy as this cabinet has the > BIG door in the area next to the trapezoidal door towards...
• Re: Parting '86 Syncro / Westy Parts
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 22 May 1998 06:42:28 -0400
  ...60, Sliding >Door Handle $25, Front Washer Pump/Container $20. > >The following I will sell for a reasonable offer: > >Dashboard & related trim, Fuse box...
• Re: Window Screens
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:53:17 -0800
  I made my own (for the driver and passenger door) after I tip I got from the type2 list. Go to a WalMart (or...
• Fwd: Painting door handles - now mirrors?
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:07:36 -0400
  ...Painting door handles - now mirrors? To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com I will try this - was going to look for replacements at the wrecking yard...
• Re: Ignition switch barrel and tumbler replacement?
  Historical mailing list - William Warburton
  Thu, 2 Jun 94 9:22:20 GMT
  ...The front door handles can be removed by undoing a pair of allen bolts which are accessible after removing the interior door trim. The...