Being round, they also have no mechanism to ensure they are mounted such
that they're unstressed with the hatch closed.  Stressed rubber perishes
remarkably quickly compared to unstressed.

Yrs,
d

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 12:45 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>> >
>> >
>>
>