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On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 22:43, Jim Adney wrote: > On 13 Sep 2003 at 22:29, Dave Hall wrote: > > > Rob, did NZ have laminated front screens when the USA did? Certainly in the UK > > it was still normal fitment to have the toughened (tempered) glass in the front > > as well as the other windows, which makes it much easier to take the glass out - > > push it like all the others, and save the rubber if it's any good. > > Wow, do you think you could really do this? Seems like you could really get a > lot of leverage on a piece of glass as long as a windshield. > > > I prefer to fit the rubber to the glass then carefully introduce the metal trim > > with plenty of lubricant (soapy water seems fine). As you bend the rubber to > > open the slit, you can put the trim in progressively, and the glass keeps the > > shape of it. I should think it's very difficult to keep the rubber plus trim > > from twisting and bending it. > > Yeah, you're right. This sounds much better. I've never been comfortable with > this step and never found a way to do it that I thought was reliable enough to > have been what they did at the factory. Anyone know if there is a tool to guide > the trim into the groove without damaging the trim? > I have a glass installation "How To" on my web site. It is writtenas the factory showed us how to do it. One of the tricks is to hold the rubber and the trim in place with masking tape. The soap/lubricant that is used will allow the tape to slip out after the window is in place. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org