Re: [T3] rear window seal for notchback

["Garret Trask" <garret_trask@hotmail.com>]

<x-flowed>>Is the seal so hard that you can't press your fingernail into it at all, 
> inside
> or out. Does it leak water badly in the rain (or carwash?) Do you live in a
> really hot climate?

The seal is pretty hard.  I tried pressing my fingernail into it and it 
seems really dry and stiff, but I wouldn't describe it as rock hard -- it 
does give a little.  I haven't noticed it leaking from the rear window but 
on my trips to the car wash I've been pre-occupied with the raging torrents 
of water pouring through the door seals.

I live in Colorado, and the car has been here since September 2001.  Before 
that I'm told that it was in Germany until 1998, then Texas, then briefly in 
California.

As I was driving home from work tonight I reached way back and lightly 
touched the top of the rear window with my fingertips.  I noticed that the 
window was wiggling in sync with the rattling, the louder the rattling 
sound, the more pronounced the wiggle, so I feel confident that the seal is 
the culprit.

So I'm going to look for a new seal, and any advice you have for me would be 
most welcome.

Gary
'68 Notchback
Highlands Ranch, CO

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