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The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 08:00
by mitchellsfold
My Westy is off to be sprayed - windows out - in a few weeks.
Which company / brand produce the best replacement rubber?
Front and rear windows have leaks so I'm going to need these as a minimum...
Advice please..
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 10:27
by CovKid
http://www.volkswagenemporium.co.uk/
This guy (Chris) was great for my windscreen rubber - definately worth talking to him. His fit properly and are genuine as far as I know. Many others don't - sadly. We discovered this when Chickenkoop and I did repair work on our windscreens. I got mine from Chris, Rob got his from JK. Absolutely no comparison. I mentioned in another thread that cheaper ones are like trying to squeeze a car tyre through a letterbox....
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 17:26
by ricicles
got my windscreen rubber from ahschofields looks like the og one much better than others i have seen.
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 10 Oct 2010, 17:43
by Cruz
Got front and rear oem seals from status-vw when they were £20
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 19:35
by mitchellsfold
Thanks folks - reassuring that the NOS rubbers are worth having - time to get on the phone and hunt some down!
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 11 Oct 2010, 19:54
by ninja.turtle007
Avoid JK See viewtopic.php?f=2&t=76149
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 15 Oct 2010, 17:59
by mitchellsfold
Ok - Ordered all the rubber in one go from Chris at the Volkswagen Emporium. I'll post feedback once they arrive and post the van pic's once done... Thanks for the advice everyone..
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 15 Oct 2010, 19:31
by CovKid
Chris very helpful and his rubbers fit easy - all originals. I can never understand why anyone would opt for ill-fitting copies when this is probably the only time it has to be done for another 20 years. The JK ones just look kak and you need ten men to get them to fit - windscreen rubbers particularly. Chris's ones can be fitted single-handed.
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 15 Oct 2010, 23:39
by Plasticman
CovKid wrote:Chris very helpful and his rubbers fit easy I can never understand why anyone would opt for ill-fitting rubbers you need ten men to get them to fit Chris's ones can be fitted single-handed.
Really
mike
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 01:04
by CovKid
Now, now, your mind Mike......
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 13:52
by mitchellsfold
My kind of humour - nice one!
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 16 Oct 2010, 17:12
by Plasticman
Lots of good stuff to be found in the gutter, very little in the clouds
M
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 20 Jan 2011, 21:37
by ninja.turtle007
CovKid wrote:http://www.volkswagenemporium.co.uk/
This guy (Chris) was great for my windscreen rubber - definately worth talking to him. His fit properly and are genuine as far as I know. Many others don't - sadly. We discovered this when Chickenkoop and I did repair work on our windscreens. I got mine from Chris, Rob got his from JK. Absolutely no comparison. I mentioned in another thread that cheaper ones are like trying to squeeze a car tyre through a letterbox....
Just doing a quick search as I need some more window rubbers for another van. Didn't realize VW Emporium are just a few streets away from me!! Will be speaking to them tomorrow.
Re: The Best Rubber Window Seals
Posted: 21 Jan 2011, 19:32
by gypo
ricicles wrote:got my windscreen rubber from ahschofields looks like the og one much better than others i have seen.
I bought some from here and to be honest they were peesh. I ended up using the original old one i took out and bining it. They were 10mm smaller than the original ones.
G