body beading

[joosty_chin]

this is the body beading by the thing shop. does anyone know where i can get a roll of this stuff less expensive

http://www.thethingshop.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=181867370A

[ztnoo]

Check with kubelmann.
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=12933
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=452412
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[kubelmann]

I have new and used rubber moldings for far less than the "other guys" I have full used sets.

[wackert]

whats the average feet it takes to do the whole car?

[kubelmann]

50 feet is the start up footage.. Covers body trim, door tops, door pockets, rear seat backs. More footage does great on hard top trim, gas tank edge and many other areas.. i have a second trim that is great to seal the side curtains against the soft top and seal under the gas tank and more.

[wackert]

ah nice well when i get to that point in my restoration ill definetly hit u up

[Van-go108]

Do ya have it in orange? or other colors? for that color match, simplfied look. I've always wanted to to do it.
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[kubelmann]

I suspect you will need to buy black trim asn use that good vinyl spray and dye it orange for the effect you seek. Eastwood tools might have such a product.

Doing a fast internet search I found rattle can SEM vinyl dye but not in orange. Camaro vinyl dye would be a way to seek this product since there are/were more Camaros than Thing and both were/are nearly the same orange color..

http://www.americanrestorationparts.com/store/69-CAMARO-INTERIOR-DYE-HUGGER-ORANGE-P3425C0.aspx

This is a link to 69 Camaro Hugger Orange interior vinyl dye $26 a can

[U. Wilhelm]

The manufacturer of the beading which is notonly used on the Thing bur all over the metal working industry is Trim-Lock , www.trimlok.com

[Ian Epperson]

[kubelmann]

The Thing trim I have is the same stuff as the Thing Shop. It is the remaining supply of a group buy. You get the door seal and edge and all else you get from the Thing Shop. I have no overhead thus the lower price. Ask any of the folks from the group buy who have it on their Things. I have had it on mine for years. To get it you must buy it in hundreds of feet. I still have a fair supply at a lower cost.

[gfw1985]

Check out this site: http://www.mcmaster.com/ page 3620, self gripping vinyl edge trim. I beleive item#24175K42 will be about right, but check measurements yourself.
This place is so huge that its hard to find what you want, but the quality is great. You will not beleive their shipping. I ordered some weather stripping that fit my dunebuggy windshield frame perfect and using ground shipping arrived the next day! Check it out.

[joosty_chin]

looks good to me. i book marked it and will check it out. whoever i talk to about buying some strip from, sorry i have not got back to you. still looking around.