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are you sure it was just glued to the face of the door? in the bentley manual it appears to be inside the door. look at section 9 pg 23. if it is just on the face-if not glued properly/ie sealed doesn't water end up running between the plastic and the door straight to the floor-in those heavy rains... -kevin somerville, ma '65 kombi '71 sqbk -----Original Message----- From: Jim Adney [mailto:jadney@vwtype3.org] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:21 PM To: type3@vwtype3.org Subject: Re: [T3] water issue-resolved? On 30 Jun 2003 at 12:26, Kevin Guarnotta wrote: > I think I have found the culprit to my water issues. One of the previous > owners had cut the door panels to install speakers. they removed the plastic > sheeting in the door-but when replacing it, they did not install it "inside" the > door, but merely between the door panel and the door. SO i think water goes > through the window channel, then while passing through the door-it leaks in > behind the door panel. That inner plastic shield IS important, but it was originally just glued to the face of the door all around. They work just fine this way, but the door panels will be ruined if they aren't sealed. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org