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    Does anyone know where I can source 1m of the clear U profile as on the window channel below? It was an IVA fail on this Cabrio, so I want to avoid the issue for my IVA test.


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    Re: Clear U profile wanted

    Originally posted by Mike View Post
    Does anyone know where I can source 1m of the clear U profile as on the window channel below? It was an IVA fail on this Cabrio, so I want to avoid the issue for my IVA test.

    Hi Mike,
    do you think it could be a length of shower screen seal with the seal bit trimmed off with a razor blade?
    Try searching 'shower screen seal' on ebay and see if you can see something suitable.
    Or maybe secondary double glazing but I couldn't easily find any in clear?

    I can see something similar on the edge of the bonnet but that looks like Halfords body guard.


    But I would use black rubber 'u' channel for the bonnets as you can glue them on.

    ...peter

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      Re: Clear U profile wanted

      Looks like the edging used on secondary double glazing sheets but might be a tight fit however I thought all these edging covers had to be fixed permanent now??
      Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!

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        Re: Clear U profile wanted

        I would second Peterx in using rubber U section. That is what was fitted to my cabrio for its IVA test. Unfortuanately the glue wasn't very strong and I glued only the back .......

        My window frames were not an issue, just all around the wings and whell arches. Also I had to fit rubber covers over any forward facing nuts inside the wheel arch,
        Last edited by chris_cussen; 25-03-13, 01:39 PM. Reason: add some more info

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          Re: Clear U profile wanted

          Mike

          PM sent

          John

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            Re: Clear U profile wanted

            £14.99 b&q
            Attached Files

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              Re: Clear U profile wanted

              Thanks everyone for your responses. John has really trumped everyone - he has the actual piece of U profile seen in my photograph below!

              PM returned John

              many thanks
              Mike

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                Re: Clear U profile wanted

                Two other options you might like to consider which do not require anything to be trimmed. The guys that installed my conservatory fixed a capping strip over the bottom end of the roof double glazed glass sealed units rather than just leave the ends bare and I used a similar product when I made my carport. I roofed it in tri-wall polycarbonate sheeting and a capping strip is fixed to both ends to stop water ingress but with holes drilled elsewhere as per instructions to allow it to breath

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