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On 27 Mar 2005 at 21:49, Dave Pallo wrote: > Hey All.......I see for sale on ebay a pair of rear fender "air box" > seals....one seal per side....kinda seals off the fresh air openings on the > fenders in order to get fresh air???.......my question is, are these really > needed for any reason?...do they offer support to the fender?....do they > stop debris from accumulating down inside the fender that you can't get to? They're probably reasonably inportant to limit the amount of dirt that gets down inside the fender, and also to keep excess dirt from getting sucked into the engine once the fenders and wheelwells rust thru. Do you realize that each of our cars came with these? It's not an add-on, they are OE. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~