In a message dated 12/15/02 6:04:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, Oxroad@AOL.COM
writes:

>
> The two plastic guides for the each slider window on the early Vanagons is
> no
> longer available from the VW dealer. These plastic guides slide the moving
> part of the window on the windows track and are white on the earlier
> Vanagons
> (say 80-85)
>
> The guide for the later busses (86+)which are black and slightly different
> in
> that they have two tabs the white guides don't have are available. Can
> these
> later guides be used on the earlier Vanagon sliding windows? And what
> modification is necessary--cut the tabs off the black guides? Do the guides
> need to be glued into the window?
>
> Seems to me the earlier white guides had no tabs and that might explain why
> all mine are missing. Having tried to mount used old style white ones (if
> you
> can believe I found them and uninstalled them from a wreck without them
> crumbling) I have found they just fall right the heck out after a few days.
> I'd like to get the black guides in and stop a bit of the slider window
> rattle, not to mention the nails-on-a-blackboard squeal when I open or
> close
>

i went thru this like 4  or 5 years ago, should be in the archives.. you can
use the never guides, just trim off the tabs w/ a razorblade.  they fit fine,
i tapped them in w/ a block of wood and small hammer.
chris