RE: Anybody knows weather strip installation tricks?5KCSTQ

["Gregory Dillon" <gdillon@jps.net>]

I did quick and partially acceptable fix recently.

The rubber weather stripping that stays on the door frame of my 5000 had
split at the rear upper corners, (the most easily visible corner.)  Just by
inserting some hose into the weather stripping and glueing this back, the
wind noise level improved.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-quattro@audifans.com [mailto:owner-quattro@audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of DeWitt Harrison
> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 3:42 PM
> To: paulnet@ipa.net
> Cc: quattro@audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Anybody knows weather strip installation tricks?5KCSTQ
>
>
> On Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:04:50 -0500, Martin Pot wrote:
> >[ ... ] I thought of making it
> >slippery with liquid soap, and use a dull screwdriver or
> puttyknife, but I
> >better ask you guys if there is some proven trick for this installation.
>
> No specific btdt, but as a general hint regarding prying, poking
> and scraping near painted or polished surfaces, buy yourself some
> plastic scrapers / putty knives from the painting supplies section of
> the hardware store. You will congratulate yourself the first time
> the tool slips and skitters across that lovely paint.
>
> DeWitt Harrison
> Boulder, CO
> 88 5kcstq
>
>