Exterior trim 89 90q

Lawrence C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Thu Mar 1 20:35:58 EST 2001


They keep dirt and scum off of the door sill (thus keeping ones pant legs
clean) AND serve to aerodynamically (not water) seal the bottom edge of
the door, thus assisting in reducing aerodynamic drag by some
infinitesimal degree. 

LL - NY

On Wed, 28 Feb 2001 23:00:55 +0100 Tom Nas <tnas at euronet.nl> writes:
>Dave Hord <spokes at mail.the-wire.com> wrote:
>
>>Sigh...While coming out from under the car last night my shoulder 
>caught the
>>passenger side lower door trim.  POP! The whole piece came off.  The 
>dealer
>>wants MEGA bucks for these...
>>
>>Anyother options?  I had heard rumours that the european cars don't 
>have
>>these...what seals off the doors??
>
>My 87 90q has those (assuming you mean the rubber flaps on the outside 
>
>bottom edge of the doors), but my 87 80 doesn't, nor does any 80 I've 
>seen 
>so far.
>I'm not sure what task these things actually perform. They don't seal 
>off 
>the doors, that's what the interior rubber seals are for. They seem to 
>be 
>purely cosmetical, AFAIK.
>
>Tom
>



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