>>Do the plastic (that used to look like chrome) strips that are inlayed in
>>the window seals on my '85 Vanagon serve any useful purpose?  They have
>>discolored and look kind of nasty now and I'd like to just take them out.
>
>Nope, thems just thar to look purty.  You will have a gap for a while, until
>the rubber shrinks back down and fills it.  It won't leak though.
>
>er ah be careful bunkie...
>
>That funny little trim strip is a compression device that keeps the rubber
>window seal in.  To remove the window easily, pick out the trim and simply push
>gently on the window from the inside or even from the outside.  If the trim
>is not installed the window seal is "unlocked" and can fall or be pushed out
>very easily as the only thing holding it is stiction from the old rubber to
>the body paint/rust.  With the trim installed, you've gotta break the window
>to get it out.  Ask any of Thom's "friends on the street" who visit his bus
>on occasion.

I had similar ones on my old VW's, and never had a problem yanking them
out.  Maybe those were different.  Never had a vanagon.  Never seen
trim in a split window bus windshield.

Bunkie
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