I installed the front flat seal tonight.  It is much more difficult to
install than the rest of the pop-top seals, but only took 30 minutes to
complete.  Its easiest if you wiggle it up and down as you push the seal
onto the fiberglass.  Still, its a grueling 30 minutes.

I've updated some before/after pics here:

http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal

Will tackle the luggage rack tomorrow.  These new seals are a definate
improvment.

Matt

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005, Matt Barclay wrote:

> From: Matt Barclay <mbarclay@OPENFBO.COM>
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:23:37 -0800
>
> I just bought the front flat seal and luggage seal from Bus depot.  The
> luggage seal looks a lot like the regular pop top seal I bought from him
> several weeks ago.  Here are some pictures of the flat seal.  I'll post
> new pictures after I install it this weekend:
>
> http://gallery.openfbo.com/poptopseal
>
> BTW: the pop top seal is excellent!  The hardest part is getting the old
> one off.  Make sure you use a razor glass scraper to carefully remove the
> old rubber if it sticks to the fiberglass.  You can see the new poptop
> seal and old, rotten flat and luggage rack seal in this pic:
>
> http://gallery.openfbo.com/camper/IMG_3267
>
> Matt
>
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, The Bus Depot wrote:
>
>> From: The Bus Depot <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: Re: Good pics of Poptop seal?
>> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:26:53 -0500
>>
>>> Dunno Ron --- the one you sold me was a glue-on, at the time
>>> you said that sometimes you shipped one or the other
>>> depending on availability. Perhaps this is no longer the case.
>>
>>
>> I have to import the front flat seal that doesn't require gluing from
>> Europe
>> because there is no U.S. supplier, so once or twice in the past I've had to
>> infill with the U.S. made version (that does require gluing) when the
>> European one was on factory backorder.  But I stocked up on about a year's
>> supply of the European ones this fall, so I should have them for quite some
>> time now.
>>
>> - Ron Salmon
>>  The Bus Depot, Inc.
>>  www.busdepot.com
>>  (215)  234-VWVW
>>
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