I just finished this job and it looks great. However, since my seals had a
metal form inside the rubber, I used a dremel tool to cut them off when
they were almost installed in each side, making a nice snug fit with no
gaps. I also used the tool to notch one of the ends where it met the
scraper ends, which did not come out to exactly the same length. Now there
is no gap there, where there was before.

I little detergent on the rim of the window help things along and all was
seated with a rubber hammer.
Jim

On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 10:29 AM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:

> 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
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>