Well, I finally did hie me to my FLAPS and found that they had nothing
that would fit the lower, outer corner of the door underside -- the
pointy bit that can scratch nearby cars -- because it's not a simple
edge that u-profile edging can snap over (at least on my '84, other
years may be different).

On Tue, 2011-06-28 at 10:37 -0700, Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Hie thee to your FLAPS for some door edge guard - comes in colours
> too!  ;)
>
> http://www.google.ca/search?q=door+edge
> +guard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel
> <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         When I was getting into the van in a parking lot yesterday,
>         the door
>         swung wider than it should have and briefly touched the side
>         of the car
>         parked next to me. As I climbed in, my weight drew the tip of
>         the van
>         door downward, leaving a comma-shaped scrape in the paint of
>         his gas cap
>         door.
>
>         The guy who owned the car wasn't bothered, it had plenty of
>         scrapes on
>         it. But if it had been a shiny new expensive luxury sedan I
>         might have
>         been in doo-doo.
>
>         The bottom edge of the door on my van is just painted metal. I
>         wish it
>         didn't want to swing wide so easily -- other cars I've owned
>         had
>         "detents" where the door could be parked in a partially-open
>         position. I
>         often am using both hands to pull myself up into the seat so I
>         can't
>         hold the door at the same time.
>
>          Is there some kind of pre-fabbed rubber or vinyl trim strip
>         that can be
>         applied there to reduce the scratch potential?
>
>         -- RJS
>
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
> 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'
>
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>
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