RE: [T3] WCM rubber warning!

["Kurt Schatz" <kfschatz@earthlink.net>]

I have had the same problem, makes u even more sick when you have them
installed and watch them turn into black dust. Be glad you hadn't put that
junk on your car. Why can't they make them like they did, the old ones took
30 years to rot.

Kurt in TX

> [Original Message]
> From: Keith Park <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
> To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
> Date: 5/31/2007 8:07:12 PM
> Subject: [T3] WCM rubber warning!
>
> I went to get the new rubber for the 71 that I had stored in a  box in my
> garage and found that several of the window seals, including the
windshield
> had completely deteriorated in the last 3 years they have been in the box
in
> the garage!  Just a general crazing of the rubber EVERYWHERE!!
>
> Most of it is now Junk!  $250 worth of new seals right in the trash!
>
> Yes, that's right, trash!  Lifetime warrantee you say?  Well... that is a
> scam with west coast metric.  Turns out that warrantee only applies to
seals
> "they manufacture" which is very few of them... and since they are not
> marked there is no way to tell which ones, so all they need to say is that
> they didn't make it and its not covered, which includes all the seals I
> bought!
>
> In checking sources this week It seems that ISP west has the best
selection
> and prices that are as good or better than elsewhere... but are their
seals
> of better quality?  I hate the idea of "pimping my ride" but how is their
> customer service?
>
> Looking for advice on getting window and door seals, OEM style, and good
or
> not good experience with the quality of the seals that have been had.  Im
> NOT getting WCM again, but is the ISP west stuff actually different?
>
> Thanks 
>
> Keith\
>
>
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