<VV> more perimeter seals & staples

[Mark Corbin]

That may be. But you STILL got all of that in one package. What could be
better?

-Mark

> From: Vairtec Corporation <Vairtec at optonline.net>
>
> I tend to think that the inspiration for the perimeter seal redesign had 
> little to do with "better" and even less to do with service life, and 
> was driven mostly by cost and ease of assembly.
>
> --Bob
>
> [Original Message]
> Subject: Re: <VV> more perimeter seals & staples
>
> > In truth, companies always try to make changes for the better on cars
they
> > redesign. Also, when confronted with a new situation, they either have
to
> > adapt existing designs and methods to it or think up a whole new way of
> > doing things. 
> >
> > The perimeter seals are a good example. They chose the "quick and dirty"
> > way and ran with existing methods, something they obviously thought they
> > could get away with. It's only later that they discovered that it didn't
> > age well in real-world service. So since the car was going to be
redesigned
> > anyway, it gave them the opportunity to get serious about the seal and
> > design a better way of doing it. 
>
> Mark 
>