Reusable.  Molding can be removed and the rubber used without.  Spray
silicon on the rubber liberally where it met the sun for so long.  It will
soak it up in a hurry and will be refreshed.
You can remove all the molds from the other windows too if you want and
clean the groove out then rub silicon into the rubber without touching the
paint and the glass.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Thomson" <pthomson@GORGE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:44 PM
Subject: Window seal reusable?

> I'm replacing my damaged '87 westy slider door with a straight '86
non-westy
> slider door and have to move the window from the old door to the new door.
> First question: can I reuse a window seal? If so, both doors have window
> seals with "molding". Although the molding cracked in several places while
> removing the window frame, the molding is basically intact (no missing
> molding pieces). Second question: Is it advisable to get a new seal if the
> molding is cracked?  Third question: is the molding strictly asthetic?
> (meaning, if I must get a new seal, can I just get a non-molding grooved
> seal?)
>
> thanks,
> --Paul