westy rubber door trim

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randolph57
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westy rubber door trim

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Anybody had any success 'stretching' the rubber trim around the cabinet doors that seems to leave a gap around 8mm between the tails of the rubber moulding.
Thought judicial heat applied by heat gun may be successful rather than sourcing original trim?

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There's a thread on the samba where somebody used heat to stretch the profiles longer like this and it worked well. It's on our list of jobs for the future

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewt ... p?t=622470
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All cabinet mouldings heat adjusted where necessary-really easy and aesthetically pleasing with minimal gap-secured across the tails with a larger staple than the puny originals so hopefully that will prevent future 'shrinkage'!
Took the opportunity and 'stretched' all other trimmings (shelf/poptop bed hinge etc) whilst i was at it.

not much heat required just setting 1 and even heat with a little tension did the trick.

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