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Subject:Re: Anyone had to trim off the upper front window seals?
From:kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Date:Wed, 22 May 2013 11:29:09 -0400

Jim, done this lots of times.  You have to trim that piece down.  Not sure
why it is always just about an inch too long.  I have this set of razor
cutters that I bought a while back at Home Depot that I use.  Cut from the
back side to the front side with a razor knife and you should be good to go.

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> Years ago, when I put new scrapers and upper groove trim into my front door
> window opening, the upper part was, say, a half inch too long to fit and I
> had to trim it off.
>
> Now I'm doing that job again on a different vanagon. Same problem . I
> simply can't fit the entire length of the upper piece in the space between
> the vent window rubber and the top of the scrapers. The scrapers, of
> course, have a stamped steel form under the rubber and there is no other
> way to install them than the way thy go in, so there is no adjustment
> available there unless I'm missing something.
>
> If you've done this without trimming anything, how did you do it?
>
> Jim
>

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Thanks,
Ken Wilford
John 3:16
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