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?
Definitely KEEP IT!
ReplyDeletewow! WOW! just glanced thru your blog and i am SO impressed. BEAUTIFUL! GORGEOUS! (keep the black stripe, btw)
ReplyDeletei own a '71 westfalia..."humpty"...when and where can i drop him off so you can "put him back together again" and make him look as awesome as yours? ;o)
your blog and photos have certainly inspired and motivated me! thanks!
I'd keep it. I'd attempt the same on mine except my bus is a little bit too "colourful" and it wouldn't really be obvious. But it looks great on this one.
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