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Subject:Re: Replacing windshield faux-chrome strip
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Thu, 7 Jul 2005 20:32:11 -0500

The filler strips are generic item that most Auto Glass companies can
furnish in black and the Faux Chrome. They can also do a quickie install for
you.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "jbclem1" <jbclem1@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:44 PM
Subject: Replacing windshield faux-chrome strip

> The plastic chrome strip around my 1983 Westphalia windshield is getting
pretty ugly, as are the
> strips around the other windows.  Is it possible to replace these strips
without removing the
> windshield (windows).  I think I once saw mention here of a tool that made
it possible.
>
> Also, is the dealer the only source for these items, or is there a
better( and cheaper way) to
> acquire them.  Are there generic real chrome strips available?
>
> John