Window seals and a new stripe

It was raining a bit yesterday, so I thought I would see if I could make some headway installing the new door/window seals on the bus.  I started on the passengers side door and just dug in.  It all made pretty good sense as I went, it just seemed to take forever.  I was at it for a bit over 3 hours to do this door.  I didn't get to the door seal itself, just the window and vent seals.  It looks really nice, the only problem I am still having is the window goes up and down very stiff.  I am not sure why this is yet, I can only think it might be how hard the new seals are squeezing on the edges of the glass.  this might be a problem.  I will try putting a couple of wedges in the slot and prying the gap open a bit.  This might help a bit.

The next thing I decided to do was to add a 1/8 (3mm) black stripe to the two tone line between the turquoise lower and the white upper.  I saw this on a white over yellow bus at the show last week and it looked pretty nice.

Upon further inspection, I noticed that my seats also have a black piping on them; it's like it was just meant to be there.  What do you think?  Keep it, or lose it?

New Exhaust II

I finished up the new exhaust last night.  I am very happy with the look, and the sound.  I took it for a ride and it just seems to have a nice rumble now.  Almost cant tell a difference at highway speeds, but rollin' around town sounds much more authoritative, if a bus can be authoritative I guess :)  I considered this pipe when I completed the rebuild and didn't do it, big mistake.  In fact, I considered this pipe, no, lusted over this pipe back in the late 70's when I owned my old Beetle and just never could save up the cash. Again, another big mistake.  I love the sound.  Now I really want to drive the bus, but the weatherman says it's going to be a couple of days.
This is the Before Shot:  In essence, a small piece of water pipe.

Here are a couple of After Shots: