No open wheeled racers, and I know nothing about the lead you refer to.

But, Ron at the Bus Depot has a window seal kit for $230, and they sell the door window seals separately for about as much.  He has a nice diagram too: http://www.busdepot.com/details/rubber/  I've been very happy with my door seals.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Marc Perdue
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2014 1:17 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Stripping '87 Westy to paint

Thanks, Stuart!! Since you mentioned the vent windows, it made me think of something. Does anybody know of a source for the lead spacers that go in the vent window glass? One of mine somehow got all flattened out. I don't know if it's causing the wind whistle, but it can't help.

Marc

Are you the one that had the web page about the mini open-wheel racers?
Those are SO cool!!!

On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 4:01 PM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> You don’t need to remove the front door windows, just roll them down 
> to remove and replace the channels and scrapers.
>
> You do need to remove the vent windows (two Torx screws) to remove and 
> replace those seals.
>
> I'm replacing all the rubber (eventually) with the no plastic trim 
> option, it's much cheaper and I like the look.
>
> Removing the top is the best way to paint both the body and the top.  
> It's tough to prep and paint that area of the roof next to the canvas!  
> My van was repainted years ago with a color change to a lighter brown, 
> and that area was ignored, but ended up with primer overspray that 
> looked really bad.  I painted it when I had the top off, but I should 
> have spent more time prepping it, it's peeling where the top seal rides.
>
> With body and paint work you get what you pay for, and your prices 
> seem right to me.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of Marc Perdue:
>
> 3) I'm having all the glass (except front door windows maybe) removed 
> so I can replace all the trim, which looks horrible and leaks in 
> places
>
>