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Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:49 pm

looks like you are right... :(

I will send a mail to Mike and check...

Thanks

Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:56 pm

grelland wrote: One more question...

Isn't it so that there should be a piece of vinyl draftstopping so-called windlace between the carpet and steel along this edge? Does it simply glue in between the carpet and the body?

Wind lace glues to the body and had a metal u channel that screwed over it, the carpet was glued to the side and the edge fitted into this u channel, you can just see the white of this channel in the pic below

Sun Jul 05, 2009 3:59 pm

Thanks a million, are these wind laces, or the channels for that matter, available still?

I was thinking maybe I could make the laces out of the same vinyl I will be using on the seats, therefore I may need only the channels

There were no such things in my car before I tore it down...

Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:08 pm

grelland wrote: Thanks a million, are these wind laces, or the channels for that matter, available still?

I was thinking maybe I could make the laces out of the same vinyl I will be using on the seats, therefore I may need only the channels

There were no such things in my car before I tore it down...

I think you might get the channel from someone in here or you could have a couple made up at a metal shop or do it yourself, a lot of the cars lost these during restoration or from rust. As for the wind lace you can buy the inner rubber or I make these or I can sell you the inner ruber and you can cover them, contact me [email protected] .

Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:08 pm

Thanks, an email is coming your way :)

Sun Jul 05, 2009 4:41 pm

Original metal channels for the windlace
area are still available.
Just send me a PM for details.

Check here for a previous discussion of
these parts on the Forum:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=212033&highlight=windlace

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:00 am

Thanks for your responses, in the linked thread, I found this image, so we all know what we are talking about:

Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:47 am

grelland wrote: Thanks for your responses, in the linked thread, I found this image, so we all know what we are talking about:

Those are them and AFIK, they are the same for all year Ghias. I've been stashing them as I've been planning to reproduce them as I start to learn metal shaping. They appear simple to make.

Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:50 am

EDIT...

doh, replying to the wind lace question on the previous page...didnt see all the replies...lol!

Great job, looking good!

Mon Jul 06, 2009 11:43 am

By lookin at the picture you have the wrong seal the one on the pic is to thick and does not look like the correct seal. The sale is thinner and is more like a spunge type material than the thick rubber seal that is used on the deck lid. I am fairly confident you have the wrong seal

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:03 pm

Isaac G wrote: By lookin at the picture you have the wrong seal the one on the pic is to thick and does not look like the correct seal. The sale is thinner and is more like a spunge type material than the thick rubber seal that is used on the deck lid. I am fairly confident you have the wrong seal

What seal and what pic???

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:12 pm

grelland wrote: Isaac G wrote: By lookin at the picture you have the wrong seal the one on the pic is to thick and does not look like the correct seal. The sale is thinner and is more like a spunge type material than the thick rubber seal that is used on the deck lid. I am fairly confident you have the wrong seal

What seal and what pic??? Agreed. WTFO? :?

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:16 pm

Your carpet set is definitely for the cabrio

Cabrio

Coupe

Airhead

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:28 pm

thanks, that is clarifying, and you are right the kit is for a convertible...

But Mike got back to me already yesterday and confirmed that he would send me the parts that are coupe specific, so that's what I call customer service :)

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:31 pm

grelland wrote: thanks, that is clarifying, and you are right the kit is for a convertible...

But Mike got back to me already yesterday and confirmed that he would send me the parts that are coupe specific, so that's what I call customer service :) Maybe your Norwegian accent makes it difficult for Mike to understand you :)

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:33 pm

haha, that may be the case, but I never spoke to him directly on this issue, just vi ae-mail, and my English cant be THAT bad (at least not in writing...)

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:45 pm

grelland wrote: haha, that may be the case, but I never spoke to him directly on this issue, just vi ae-mail, and my English cant be THAT bad (at least not in writing...)

I'm betting I could understand you better than Gary. :lol:

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:46 pm

well, maybe not, since i "cheated", and lived 2.5 years in the US a while back, so most British people take me for an emigrated American...

Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:56 pm

grelland wrote: well, maybe not, since i "cheated", and lived 2.5 years in the US a while back, so most British people take me for an emigrated American... So, they call you a Bloody Yank who is rather cheeky? :lol:

Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:14 pm

grelland wrote: Thanks a million, are these wind laces, or the channels for that matter, available still?

I was thinking maybe I could make the laces out of the same vinyl I will be using on the seats, therefore I may need only the channels

There were no such things in my car before I tore it down...

Roy,

I have the channels. I can send a pair with the carpet. I can send the windlace as well. It will be used, but would be good for patterning the new ones. Let me know if you want them.