RE: [T3] Squareback rear side window rubbers needed

["Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>]

The Cal look rubber didnât really start getting bad till the Mid 90's as far
as I can tell, stuff made before that did seem to hold up well.  It may not
be that simple eather as there were likely more than one manufacturer even
back then.  Just a general rule of thumb, early repro stuff was better than
more recent.  Look around at the car shows and see what shape the stuff is
in and ask when the car was restored... Ive seen a lot of fairly new cracked
stuff in recent years even here in NY where the sun isnt bad but I remember
a cal look seal on a 72 I had back in 92 that was in good shape after
several years service.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From: Toby Erkson [mailto:air_cooled_nut@pobox.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 11:36 AM
To: type3@vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Squareback rear side window rubbers needed

Correct, I replaced all my window rubber (except windshield) with the
Cal-look
stuff.  Did it back when I was in the Navy so that puts installation about
1988
or 1989 because it was after my 21st birthday, judging from the pictures in
my
photo albums.  I wasn't crazy about the exterior chrome so the Cal-look
rubber
was perfect for me.  I remember Dad and I doing the install together.

The rubber is still quite pliable.  No leaks on the side glass.  Front
windshield was replaced years later in the mid-90's and that eventually
required
auto glass sealer (previous discussion).  My baby was a daily driver up to
the
very late '90's, where upon she then became garaged.  So she got all the
weather
for roughly 10 years.  But she gets driven in the summer time and sits out
in
the sun at car shows so it's not all roses for the rubber.