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On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 21:51, BOB2TYPE3S@aol.com wrote: > Yes, but this might take a few years. My wife's Fastback had the seals > replaced in 1991 (with German NOS ones), and the passenger door is still kinda > tight / wanting to be slammed to close, while the drivers side (thats left to > those outside the US) is very easy and well broken in now. > I just did my Notch doors about 2 years ago, and they are (both( tight and > wanting and needing to be slamed to get closed. But,if you leave one of the > windows open then they both close alot easier (lack of pressure build up / maybe > less than air tight?). I hope this helps. > This is not a problem, but a "feature". When new, these cars were so tight, that they would actually float in water. Crack the vent wing, and then see how they shut. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org