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On 12 Jan 2004 at 22:26, David Yaghoubian wrote: > Having grown up in/on/with my squareback and been the one who finally made > the decision (sometime around 1984) to discard the cracked, oil-stained > rear cargo mat, I was pleased to see on ebay that ISP was offering new, > albeit pricey (like $150) repros. Long story short, I bought one and was > pleasantly surprised by the high quality and exact fit. The only slight > problem IMHO is the rubber lip that slips down into the groove at the rear > of the engine lid is too wide, so it tends to stick up a bit when seated. I > could cut it down with a razor, but it's so pretty I hate to put it under > the knife so soon. I've never seen one of these, but I CAN tell you that the OE ones do pretty much the same thing. IIRC that piece is L-shaped and glued to the underside of the mat. I think it may actually be the horizontal part of the L that is the problem, just because it tends to sit flat on top of the engine cover, but I'm not sure of this. I could do some measurements on mine for comparison if you like. It always seemed to me that the mat would have been better if the horizontal leg of the L faced to the rear, rather than to the front, just because the engine lid tends to sit a bit higher than the floor around it, but I probably need to take a fresh look at all this to refresh my memory. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org