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jeremyluke Seriously Crusin Dubber

126 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#831606
Looking at this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130446710237&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3337wt_1139

Roll of chrome trim for around windows. Has anybody ever used this type of chrome insert before ? Any advice, is it difficult to use?
What size do i have to buy it in (comes in 3 different sizes) ? How long to do all 4 windows on a '71 super?
Do i have to put it into the rubber prior to putting the windows back in ?

zocstar Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined May 2010 ·

#831639
How much do you need? I've got some left. I'll measure what I have, And I'm local.
'69 Squareback

jeremyluke Seriously Crusin Dubber

126 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#831672
Yeah that would be great, enough to do all 4 windows
How hard is it to use ?

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#831700
I would ask the seller for a cross section/profile picture of the stuff as there is several different types out there.

but firstly do you have already have the chrome strip style rubbers? nearly everyone has the smooth Callook rubbers.

The stuff is a pain to work with especially the alumnium type which is what beetles 72 and earlier had, it likes to kink.
73 onwards had the plastic stuff which the chrome peeled off 5 mins after leaving the showroom and they went a nice shade of brown.

You have to pop the windows out to install it too if you have got the right window rubbers.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831718
yep the trim insert has to match the groove in the rubber or it wont fit together
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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jeremyluke Seriously Crusin Dubber

126 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#831730
Im putting the car back together after paint. So i bout new rubbers with the trim groove, and the windows are still out as i havent put the headliner in. It did have the original metal ones in it but obviously impossible to remove without kinking. The one in the listing is PVC, so its semi flexible, well enough to roll it obviously, but like you said, depends on the shape and the shape of the groove...

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831766
and depends on which rubbers u purchase as there are several differnt sizes n shapes
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#831889
jeremyluke wrote:Looking at this on Ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130446710237&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_3337wt_1139

Roll of chrome trim for around windows. Has anybody ever used this type of chrome insert before ? Any advice, is it difficult to use?
What size do i have to buy it in (comes in 3 different sizes) ? How long to do all 4 windows on a '71 super?
Do i have to put it into the rubber prior to putting the windows back in ?

The round trim MUST be inserted BEFORE the glass goes in...
the aluminium strips are very difficult to deal with although My Son still uses them...

I only tried once back around 1969...
I will admit that the windscreen shattered on a highway in the middle of now where... the service station [they were also everywhere] had a new windscreen... when the rubber came out it went all twisted along with the aluminium...
I pulled the trim out and threw it away.... [littering]

Never ever tried to install it since then...

The plastic beading [now very expensive in USA] the chrome comes off as it appears to be NON UV resistant...

If You only take Your beetle out of the garage on wet days,
then the chrome may last a long time.....

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!

1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·

#831904
I put the chrome strips (actually plastic I think) in mine when I had it re-sprayed 3 1/2 years ago, and they are still fine. I got both the rubbers and the strip from Wolfsburg automotive, so I knew they would match.
From your ole' mate Jeff

jeremyluke Seriously Crusin Dubber

126 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#832105
The rubbers are West Coast Metric if that helps, so does anybody know where i can buy the trim to suit those rubbers ?

Menangler Custom Title Time!

1,991 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#832113
I used the original trim in mine, It's not hard to remove if you are carefull, it is a bit fiddly to refit and you will have sore fingers for a while but not too hard to do.
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jeremyluke Seriously Crusin Dubber

126 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#832116
Where and how much is it for all the windows tho ?

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#832154
The rubbers are West Coast Metric if that helps, so does anybody know where i can buy the trim to suit those rubbers ?
VVDS are the distributes for WCM products give eum a call 02-9789-1777
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409