Oh the joy of working on a Vanagon......I too am tinting my windows on my 82
Westy. The PO did a terrible job with bubble bubble here and a bubble bubble
there. You get the idea. I ran into trouble on the passenger side slider. A
cancer had grown into a large pea size hole. So it's time to replace the
window seal also. I got this seal for $47 at my dealer which beat BD prices.
This in itself amazed me. I also got the chrome molding for $11. Since I am
tinting my Westy, I removed the cabinets cause I was also in the process of
redoing those also. But that's another story. With the cabinets out, I
retinted both back side windows. BTW I am using Axius 5000 window tinting
20%VLT from K-Mart $9.xx/6-1/2ft.. I don't plan on tinting my front side
windows...most states you can use 35% while others you can't put any. In
doing the sliders on a Westy, I remove the whole window.

I figure once done the temp inside the Westy should drop some, but one of my
main concerns was fading. With the window tint on, my interior will not
fade. And one of the best ways to reduce the interior heat is to have a
white Vanagon. My 85 is black and it gets HOT inside. I have not measured
it. My 82 is white and it does not get as hot. All one has to do is during a
very hot summer day put your hand on a dark colored vehicle, then go put
your hand on a white vehicle. The pigment of the white paint reflects uv or
something like that.

I'm starting to ramble too much. I gotta go do some more packing as my move
to Idaho gets closer.....Anyone want to come over and help? I've had some
nibbles on magic bus from local community. Most can't figure out what the
heck is a Vanagon? Other than that, I've gotten the usual calls
like.....I'll be over in 1 hr. and they never show up. This is very common
and one of the reasons I dislike selling vehicles. I had a guy call me last
night at midnight. Drunk as a skunk. Wanted me to go pick him up so he could
buy it. Only to find out he wanted a TV???

Bill  VWWESTY           "I'd Rather Be Hiking The
'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]           Greater Yellowstone"
'82 Westy [FreeBird]
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