Vintage Rubber Website - Seals for your Scirocco!

[area53 at validpath.com (Jeff Toomasson)]

I'd also like to clarify that these are NOT factory original/New-Old Stock 
parts. These are remakes as well. Just because they have the VW name associated 
with them doesn't mean they are original - these seals were NLA for several 
years (even from Germany) until this avenue opened up.

JT

> I can't attest to that as I have yet to try to install them. I had to park 
> the car prematurely last year for other reasons too painful to relate. They
>  do appear to be factory original NOS. It may be that they are so old that 
> they are no longer pliable enough anymore. In which case Randy's will be 
> the only game in town once he gets them sorted out. I'll let everyone know 
> how mine go, that is if you all want to know...
> 
> Cris
> 
> At 09:57 AM 4/13/2006, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>>And, by the way, the stuff from Germany you're referring to, Cris, is of
>>seriously questionable quality. The upholstery shop that tried to install
>>the quarter seals I bought from them were not a good fit. The struggled
>>with  it so
>>much (and scratched the shit out of my brand new paint job in the process) 
>>that
>>they told me to bring the original seal in.
>>
>>My $0.02 - JT
>>
>> > Why that's fascinating!
>> > Why don't you start your own thread instead of undermining Randy's
>> > efforts to provide, from what I've heard, is an excellent product to the
>> > Scirocco community? Hate to sound pissy, but it is just so inconsiderate
>> > to have information or knowledge of a product and only bring it out when
>> > somebody else offers that information or product. Dan
>> >
>> > From: "Cris Carpenter" <ccarpen@earthlink.net>
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 7:28 AM
>> >
>> >> Anyone interested in finding the stock versions, including the rear
>> >> quarter  glass seals, can get them through VW of Germany. They are not
>> >> cheap but  they are new originals. Email me for more info on how to get
>> >> them.
>> >>
>> >> Cris
>> >>
>> >> At 12:43 AM 4/13/2006, you wrote:
>> >>>Message: 10
>> >>>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:55:41 -0700
>> >>>From: Kirsten Jensen <kirsten@funksoulkitty.org>
>> >>>Subject: Vintage Rubber Website - Seals for your Scirocco!
>> >>>To: "scirocco-l-scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>> >>>Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20060412224339.03f2ae08@mail.funksoulkitty.org>
>> >>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
>> >>>
>> >>>Well, I finally got the remaining information I was waiting on from
>> >>>Randy and now have put a temporary page up that will allow people to
>> >>>order seals for their cars.
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.vintagerubber.com
>> >>>
>> >>>So far, Randy has had all of the Mk1 seals made with the exception of
>> >>>the vent window seal.  All of the seals that he has made are currently
>> >>>available (in stock) for purchase except for the rear quarter seals
>> >>>which have gone back to tooling.
>> >>>
>> >>>Randy is also working on making all of the Mk2 seals.  Currently the
>> >>>only seals that are available for purchase are the outer window
>> >>>scrapers and the door seals.
>> >>>
>> >>>The "real website" will be up in the very near future with more useful
>> >>>information and details as well as installation steps etc.
>> >>>
>> >>>Kirsten
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