Physically, the quality of the door seals is there, the rubber really holds up and doesnt dry out or ever crack if you take care of it. Over time, however, the adhesive that holds the seals along the door frame weakens from the heat/cold and the rubber seal basically peels away and fall off the door frame.
To solve my problem, what I did was use a silicone-based rubber adhesive (similar to shoe-goo) to glue the seals back along the inside of the door frame where they are supposed to be. Then shut the door to hold the seal in proper position for drying overnight. I used silicone based glue becuase it will always keep a rubbery-wet consitancy while providing a stong hold on the door seal. Glues that dry out and harden to a rock are more likely to crack and breakup when exposed to the elements, casuing the seals to fall off again. Did the trick for me :) You'd never know the seals were re-glued if I didnt tell you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 9:26 PM Subject: [a2-16v-list] A2 Door and Window Seals > A source for replacement door and windows seals has been discussed on this > list before with little success in locating a source. Some dealers still > carry the items for our cars but aftermarket has fallen short. Parts that > are available have been expensive. > > PAP Autoparts, one of the Vortex sponsors, is working with manufacturers > over seas to explore the idea of making replacement seals for our cars. > Prices have yet to be determined but there seems to be a high degree of > interest. Much more so than any other group-but scenarios that I've seen in > the past. > > Hopefully something comes of this > See the thread > > http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1819804 > > -Les > > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
