Check around, maybe on The Samba, or maybe someone else here will chime in. Someone did suggest using parachute cord, I was using just plain nylon rope, which is what I'd always used on the others. I've tried using both soapy water and talcum powder, the powder being the messiest of the two. Hell, maybe I put on an '84 or earlier door, which has a bigger window opening! That was the reason for replacing the glass/seal, I had a very dented sliding door that I replaced with one from a junkyard. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 9:28 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> > I consider myself fairly experienced at replacing VW glass, I've
> > done it
> > on a Splitty, many Bays, a Super Beetle, and a few Vanagons. The
> > WORST
> > experience of all of the was last spring trying to replace the seal
> > o n my
> > sliding door window. The first seal shredded during installation.
> > (Cord and
> > soapy water method)  I had bought the seal from Go Westy! and they
> > sent me
> > another one. I managed to get it installed, but not without it
> > ripping in a
> > couple of spots. As time goes on it is starting to tear even more,
> > to to
> > the point that someday the window is probably going to blow out of
> > the door
> > at highway speeds from the pressure. Not looking forward to
> > replacing it
> > again. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
> >
> Yikes!  Any suggestions??  I was thinking that the sliding door window
> was
> going to be the easier of the two.
> Brett in Portland, OR
> "Albert" '82 VanaFox I4 Riviera