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door rubber fit - i'm confused
75_kombi - May 1st, 2005 at 03:04 PM

hey all
firstly - sorry this pic is so fricken huge but i have anew computer (a mac) and i dont know how to resize the photo!

anyway,im trying to fit new door rubbers to the kombi but it's all just not making sense how the rubber is supposed to fit...(see pic below)..
could some kind person puuurrrrlease take a photo of the same view of a door with the rubber fitted so i can see how the hell it is supposed to go?!?!?!

thanks in advance

cheers
megan



[Edited on 2-5-2005 by 75_kombi]

vw54 - May 1st, 2005 at 05:07 PM

Looks like it might be up side down did u try iyt the pther way around ??

pyr0 - May 1st, 2005 at 05:11 PM

may even be the rubber for the other side

75_kombi - May 1st, 2005 at 08:41 PM

thanks guys but it cant be either of those 2 things cause the rubber is shaped in a definie 90o angle to go around the bottom of the door and it cant be the one for the other side because then the rubbers wouldnt slot into the groove (it would be back to front/upsidedown..)


a photo would really help...

mnsKmobi - May 2nd, 2005 at 03:51 PM

It looks like you have a driver's side seal on the passenger's side. The part with the hole in it *definitely* goes on the other side of the door. You need to disconnect the arm that stops the door swinging about. The hole in the rubber in your picture fits over the hole the arm goes into.

I hope you haven't got a crappy seal like I got. I have spent days cutting bits of rubber of it to try and get it to fit and it still won't go. I have a feeling that this is exacerbated by the door being too close down the bottom but I can't get the screws undone to adjust it. :duh

ClassicVW(pacific) - May 2nd, 2005 at 04:15 PM

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vw54 - May 2nd, 2005 at 04:35 PM

Who did you buy the rubber off ???

Is it German, Tawainese or Brazilian

Give the company a call and see what after sales service there is !!!

helbus - May 2nd, 2005 at 05:06 PM

The hole goes around the strap that stops the door from opening too far. The strap is between the hinges on the other side of the door

75_kombi - May 2nd, 2005 at 07:01 PM

Thanks everybody

Roy (bought them off him) emailed me and said the same as everyone else - it all makes sense now and in hinesight it all seems so obvious!!


derrr fred!

thanks again everyone! :kiss

ClassicVW(pacific) - May 2nd, 2005 at 07:05 PM

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75_kombi - May 2nd, 2005 at 07:24 PM

thanks again Roy
quality of the rubbers is perfect - its the quality of the "fitter" (me) that was the issue here!

ClassicVW(pacific) - May 2nd, 2005 at 07:25 PM

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vw54 - May 3rd, 2005 at 08:19 AM

Dont feel bad ive done the same with some Type 3 rubbers.... worked it out in the end was a BIG jigsaw puzzle