Pretty obvious from seeing a number of them that they were not made of the
same material or by the same process as the squarish-ended partners on the
same car. They simply do not last as long, being obviously of inferior
rubber. The round-hole ones will be in smithereens while the squarish-hole
ones will be in great shape, even on the same car. I don't have a single
round one but several squarish ones.

Jim

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:37 AM David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Yes, they messed up somehow in the design of that part.  For what it's
> worth, p/n is 251 971 840.
>
> Yrs,
> d
>
> On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Eric Caron <ecaron1@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> >         I saw your email asking for a rear hatch grommet update.
> >
> > Chris from T3 wrote me and only had the oval grommet for the driver’s
> > side.  round ones not available anywhere as far as I know.
> >
> >
>