Best source for split door glass felt and rubber?

[SplitPersonality]

For two 1952-models I want to buy "everything" not steel or glass for the door window assembly - mainly the big long felt channel and the rubber scraper inside/outside, including hardware.

Where is the best place to get this in the world? Wolfsb West, Zarwerks - or that German place? Any first hand knowledge in here?

[virtanen]

[mrsherbie]

I cut up some nos later beetle bonnet rubbers and just used the top centre sections to make mine as the rubber was identical size, and then I visited BBT and they sold me the same 'wider' lip rubber, brand new by the metre. I compared it in the shop in my hand at BBT to the window scraper rubber on a pastel green 100% og 50 they have and was happy it is identical. So I bought lots of metres of it, for next time I need some on a car!
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Anna.

quote 50karmann " it'll wreck the patina you haven't worked so hard to create"

[eurodub]

can anyone post a picture with some measurements? a section, some details, please?

i can use the felt channel from any modern car if it's the same length but i'm curious what the originals look like, the clips that hold the rubber in place, etc

thank you!
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1960 1200 model 117 deluxe ragtop
1974 T2 Westfalia Campmobile
1976 MK1 Golf

[johnshenry]

There was a thread somewhere here already on restoration of the felt channels.

I ordered some rubber channel from Ricardo in Argentina and it is dead on. At least at that time, it was not available anywhere else. You still need to glue the fabric on it then, you can get a mohair fabric from many upholstery suppliers, but make sure it is UV tolerant or it will fade in the sun in just a few weeks...

The curved channel is complex in that the upper part of the glass goes all the way through it at the top, so it has a long slot cut in it. This is to allow you to lower the window just a bit to expose the "notch" near the front for ventilation (neat idea, but it doesn't work) while the top stays closed.

For that reas you can not use an "aftermarket" ordinary felt channel.
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John Henry

'57 Deluxe
'56 Single Cab

[Blue Baron]

Well, you can, so long as you don't mind that notch in the glass being exposed slightly with the window in the up position. It's not that noticible, and as John says, you won't notice much in the way of cold air drafts.

[Solan]

[Two Glove Boxes]

[50Splitman]

That looks amazing. Can you share exactly what it is? Is it simply black cloth? Is it exterior grade with UV protection? Or did you spray it with some type of protection?

[Two Glove Boxes]

[50Splitman]

[50Splitman]

I just went to Hobby Lobby and picked some up and will be installing this week! They had the fabric in the link you sent, plus they had a full canvas version, which was much heavier, but probably would be too bulky to install, so I went with what you used. Thanks again for the advice.

[Two Glove Boxes]