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[Cookie Monster]

Has anyone done this / how easy is it to convert the rear opening windows to fixed sealed units.

Cheers

[Guess-Works.com]

Not difficult, but fixed rear windows are a ******* to put in, as unlike the winscreen and rear window there's no fillet strip...

Just remove your rear quarters, and the seal from around the window, then might be easier to fit the fixed rubber seal around the glass first and then fit to car. Either way it's a pain..

ps.. the glass is a different size on fixed windows to opening, so you can't reuse it.

[Lomcevac]

I'm after switching the other way, so have windows and rubbers to swap.

[rob mini]

all you have to do is push the old ones out, unbolt the hinges etc. To get new ones in i found it a piece of cake. You need to put the rubber onto the glass itself first then feed a string round it. have some one pushing frm the outside while you pull the string off the rubber inwards to the car. 2nd hand seals will tear doing this so have new ones. Also smear fairy liquid on the rubber to help it slip in easier

[Cookie Monster]

Great, cheers guys, will have a look into it. Just need to get some windows now, thinks a visit to the scrappy may be in order.

[rob mini]

like i said though, get new seals. not expensive and makes it a hell of a lot easier!!!

[Cookie Monster]

Will do, was talking about the glass at the scrappy

[Jammy]

Also smear fairy liquid on the rubber to help it slip in easier

DO NOT USE FAIRY LIQUID! It has a high salt content, so any liquid left in the seal will make your window rot out very quickly!

[Lomcevac]

Cookie monster, mind If I ask why you are changing to non-openers?

[Cookie Monster]

There seems to be a common water trap on a mini between the bottom of the window and the window recess and I have seen several cars where this area has started to rust (including my lads), also they don't have the most secure closing/locking system in the world. So changing them for fixed will solve both problems.

[dklawson]

What is "fairly liquid"?

[Bungle]

its what mrs dk uses for the washing up (soap)

i have the glass for the back windows you can have if you can pick it up

[jack_marshall]

Yeah bungle, I hear flights are cheap to where you are now. And ferrys. Teehee.

[Cookie Monster]

Cheers for the offer Bungle, but I could prob by new for the cost of the fuel down to the back of beyond.

[dklawson]

"its what mrs dk uses for the washing up (soap)"

You clearly have my wife confused with someone who spends time in the kitchen. What's it like to have a wife who cooks and cleans?