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It amazes me how Ive actually heard this story many times and gone through it myself. I guess were getting too far from the time when there were so many millions of cars out there with the same way of installing their windshields. Our windshields are NOT easy to get in... but a competent Glassman should have no problem whatsoever. I guess the best bet these days is eather find and old timer or got to a restoration shop that still deals with this kind of application on a regular basis. Keith Top Notch Restorations topnotch@nycap.rr.com 71 Squareback 65 Notchback "El Baja Rojo" 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" 87 golf "Winterat" 93 RX7 "Redstur" -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Guarnotta [mailto:kguarnotta@usa.net] Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 11:25 PM To: 'Keith Park'; type3@vwtype3.org Subject: RE: [T3] water leak @ windshield seal Yeah, These guys...in retrospect kind of f'd up. I went to the glass shop looking to buy a mirror for another project, and as I had been asking around, I asked if they could replace the windshield on my squareback. They said, sure no problem. SO I made an appt. I specifically mentioned I wanted the same gasket on the windshield-the kind with the trim in it. No problem, they said. I told them I had a source for the gasket(I got the source from you guys). They said they didn't need it, they could get it themselves. So I showed up for my appointment. They had the wrong seal. So then I gave them my source. They ordered. I made another appointment. I showed up, and told them I wanted to watch the installation, and take some pics. They said-no problem. The guy installing, joked about this being his first time ever installing a seal. Turns out he wasn't that far off. He mangled the metal trim, then took a long time putting the gasket on the glass. Then they started getting mad at me, because they overstated their abilities. They couldn't get the windshield in. I left, came back later that day-the owner showed up, and he got the windshield in. The trim is still not in the gasket properly, that may be why it is leaking, I don't know. I don't really know if I should bother going back there. -Kevin '71 FI squareback '65 kombi somerville, ma -----Original Message----- From: Keith Park [mailto:topnotch@nycap.rr.com] Subject: RE: [T3] water leak @ windshield seal It always amazes me how folks that do that kinda thing for a living screw up the trim. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~