Chirco
is building a Baja Bug! Many of the air - cooled VW
parts and procedures used can also be used on Dune Buggies,
Sand Rails. These pages feature links to the Chirco
online parts catalog.
We
need to get the doors and windows put back together.
Let
start with the went windows.
All the rubber trim was shot and the felt track
was non-existent. I first tried to shine up the
aluminum frame to get out some of the scratches.
Not all of them came out, but it looks shinier.
I'm missing the glass out of the passenger side
so I disassembled this side first. There is a
rivet that the window pivots on that needed to
be drilled out.
Then
the bottom has a 10mm bolt that holds the bottom
post on and allows it to rotate. Once this is
removed the window frame pulls out. I put the
outer frame in the parts washer to get all the
gunk off.
While I was waiting, I installed the
outer door rubber. Some 3M weather stripping
glue is used to hold it in place.
The last part we put on is the
felt channel. The is a screw that holds in
the top of the vent window and a 10mm bolt that
holds in the bottom.
Then we had to install the outer
scraper and the inner
scraper that goes on each side of the window.
You can see that the outer
scraper has the chrome trim running around
the window frame.
This felt
channel runs from the top of the vent window
around to the bottom of the window track. Our
piece needed to be cut to length.
We
re-installed the vent window and attached the
door window back in place. The last thing was
to put the outer door
handle on. We re placed the door
handle seals since the old ones were shot.
Finally we have a working door.
If you have any
questions or comments about Project Baja please e-mail
don@chirco.com
we sure would like to hear from you.