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Rdau
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Location: Alexandria MN
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 Posted: Wed May 21, 2025 8:31 pm Post subject: Rear window seal |
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| Any opinions on a quality seal? I bought a complete kit & I'm not impressed. The rear window seal is so bad, I can see light in the corners and it doesn't fill the space on the outside. |
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Era Vulgaris
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Joined: August 22, 2012
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Posted: Thu May 22, 2025 4:53 am Post subject: Re: Rear window seal |
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Buy any and all Vewib brand seals you can. They're usually listed as "German" seals and are significantly more expensive than other brands. Vewib bought all of the original VW seal molds that they could get their hands on, and make their seals from those molds. If the brand is unlisted, contact the retailer and ask them if the "German" seal they are selling is made by Vewib. They don't make every seal for the car, but the ones they make are better than anything else out there.
I would stay away from weather seal kits. Jbugs and some others sell these, and they're usually their cheapest seals, and often don't actually have all the seals you need.
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modoc_333
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Joined: April 22, 2023
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Location: Alabama
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| Posted: Tue May 27, 2025 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Rear window seal |
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| Era Vulgaris wrote: |
Buy any and all Vewib brand seals you can. They're usually listed as "German" seals and are significantly more expensive than other brands. Vewib bought all of the original VW seal molds that they could get their hands on, and make their seals from those molds. If the brand is unlisted, contact the retailer and ask them if the "German" seal they are selling is made by Vewib. They don't make every seal for the car, but the ones they make are better than anything else out there.
I would stay away from weather seal kits. Jbugs and some others sell these, and they're usually their cheapest seals, and often don't actually have all the seals you need. |
Do you have a link to anyone that sells them now? I could use some for my 71 Ghia. |
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sputnick60
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Era Vulgaris
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Joined: August 22, 2012
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Location: Raleigh, NC
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| Posted: Wed May 28, 2025 5:08 am Post subject: Re: Rear window seal |
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Do you have a link to anyone that sells them now? I could use some for my 71 Ghia. |
I got my Vewib front and rear windshield seals from CIP1 several years ago. It's listed on their site as "OE German" windshield seal. It doesn't claim Vewib as the manufacturer in the listing though. It lists it as "CIP1 5 star", which isn't a real brand. I think it's what they use as a generic label, likely for legal reasons that we're not privy to. I would contact them before you pull the trigger to confirm it's still Vewib.
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66 Karmann Ghia, L390 Gulf Blue, under construction, here: www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=760505&highlight=
99 Mazda MX-5 10AE, Sapphire Blue Mica, 6 speed, LSD
Previously owned:
98 Porsche Boxster, silver, 2.5L -- 67 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1500sp -- 98 BMW Z3, Atlanta Blue Metallic, 2.8L I6 -- 75 Porsche 914, Laguna Blue, 2270cc -- 72 Porsche 914, Signal Orange, 1.7 FI -- 74 Karmann Ghia, Black, 1600dp -- 74 Triumph TR6 with O.D., sapphire blue |
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