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[Davis]

HI guys, anyone tell me how to remove the rear windscreen and back two windows? also i was looking at some new front and rear windscreen beading..... any ideas on how to do this? any help much apreciated.

Edited by Davis, 12 December 2007 - 05:42 PM.

[Bungle]

if your replacing the rubbers you can cut them with a knife if needed

the rear one is the easiest

remove the chrome trim in the center of the rubber

next phone a friend

once friend has turned up gently from the corners push the window out leaving your mate to catch it for you

for the side glass I'm guessing you have fixed glass

i would cut the rubbers removing the outside lip and then do as above and push the window out with your mate on the outside to catch it

[Davis]

so i just cut the rubbers n push lol? gud idea to phone a friend then!! how do i get em back in? presumably i need new rubbers? thanks by the way.

[Bungle]

new rubbers and a piece of string

i think theres a how to in the FAQ section if not a search should find you the answers

[Davis]

couldn't find one, whats the string for??

[Senile Old Git]

Front & Rear Screen Refitting


This is how I do it:-

Fit the rubbers to the car making sure the headlining etc is in place, then in the recess where the glass sits add some rubber lubricant (not fairy liquid)

Push the screen into the centre recess of the rubber the best you can, giving it a good push sideways and then downwards

Then with a flat bladed tool, gently tease the rubber lip over the glass giving it a gentle push as you go. Start where the screen is nearest to the recess in the screen rubber.

Finally add the sealing strip again using a rubber lubricant.

Screen rubbers that are not split and deteriorated can be reused, the insert I personally always replace with new because it looks nice!


VOILA!

Edited by webweavers, 14 December 2007 - 01:26 PM.

[M44K TS]

The string method.

Insert the glass into the seal, the lay the string in the outer side of the rubber seal (the bit that sits on the bodywork and not the glass) offer up the seal to the frame, (from the outside of the car) slot in the curved corner of the seal then gently pull they string from the inside of the car so that it pulls the rubber seal over the metal, You'll need someone to hold the window upto the car as you pull the string.

viola, one fitted seal and glass

[panelbeaterpeter]

Well I always take out the insert and take the window out of the rubber, outwards. The fixed type side windows are an absolute pain to remove, I personally use a trim removal tool (like a very wide screwdriver) with masking tape over the end to save damaging the rubber, and gently ease the rubber over the lip, outwards, doing a little at a time, until it's about 3 quarters along the window, then it should slide out. But be carefull not to force it, or it could break.

Oh and I do all that on my own by the way

[Senile Old Git]

Oh and I do all that on my own by the way

who's a show off!

[panelbeaterpeter]