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Subject:Re: Reinstalling Front Side Glass
From:Florian Speier
Date:Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:05:30 -0800

vent window first, than the rollup.
florian

On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 9:44 PM, M'obeechi <obeechi@runbox.com> wrote:

> When you reinstall the front glass do you put the wing frames in first, and
> then the roll ups, or the roll ups and then the wing.. and then there's the
> rubber in three parts around the roll up windows....
>
> And... VW really screwed up as far as the metal just behind where the
> electric window switches go, there is a strip of metal that curves outward
> (or really, as far as passengers are concerned, its inward) and will do damn
> good job scratching your roll up glass. There is felt above this most jutted
> out area, but odd that its so miserly doesn't cover enough of the area, its
> just a little square bit of felt.
>
> Had someone install my glass.. either they scratched my paint during
> install of the glass... or the crap place that painted my Vanagon is
> responsible for spraying my vanagon with instantly peeling paint. No one
> should ever use Maaco. The argument, that so-and-so place does a good job,
> better than "other" Maaco's doesn't hold up to reality... its a cheap
> bastards fantasy. Paying them doesn't change this fantasy's delusion.
>
> Bettery to just grab a spray can of paint and vandalize your Vanagon before
> ever considering Maaco. If you have a problem, their solution is to hang up
> on you when calling them. In today's economy especially, they need to go out
> of business.
>
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