Removing Windscreens?

[nobumps]

Found myself some good priced rubbers so thought may aswell take out windows while im at it, anyone done it if so any tips, or should i get professional help.

[My name is Russell]

Removing them is the easy part getting them back in is he challenge.

For removal just remove the locking strip (if this it the type of system your car has) and have someone push it out from the inside, sitting in the seat and using your feet i found works best and start at the corner working your way accross the top very easy, ideally you need another outside as a guide and catch the window if it suddenly pops out which happed with gazza's vet.

Installation is a hole different story/very difficult IMO

[Alistair]

Cut the fuck out of them and pull it out. Tis what i did with corona ones as i was replacing them.

[Brock-Lee]

^^ yea, if your not re-using the rubbers then cut them out. I broke a windcreen trying the push it out with your feet trick. a piano wire is a really good tool to cut around the screen.

[KKtrips]

take a hammer and smash em out - then take the car to Smith and Smith and get them to fit new glass with your new rubbers

[mark105]

fuck that sounds an expensive way to do it BDA

i found the feet trick works sweet with my corolla, poped out no worries and never showed any sign of flexing enough to break, dont do it if you have any cracks/chips tho id say.

as for putting back in, its difficult but not to hard once you have the technique, what i find works best is if you fit rubber to window then put string in the slot that the window is to lock into and sit window in place on bottom and make sure you got your string inside with you then get where the string is starting and start pulling it out this pulls the rubber back and allows you to pop it over the metal and into place, might take a few trys to perfect it but is easy once u get hang of it.

[KKtrips]

so I guess hoover mods been here - sucked all the good fun up.. oh well

[Bullitt]

Ive never done a windscreen but I did my hardtop which is the same theory with smaller glass. Once I pulled the locking strip out I heated the rubber in one corner so I could push i out there then the rest came out easily.

Putting in was the same theory but alot more difficult. Id do small windows again but dont think Id bother with a windscreen, easier to get a pro to do it.

If your going to follow Chris's method put a rock on the windscreen then hit the rock rather than hitting the windscreen directly. That is if you have glass cover anyway

[nobumps]

Yeah fuck breaking the window dont wana know how much thatd cost to replace, im not guna put them in just want them out but dont want any chance of breaking them. So im pretty safe either cutting them out then.

[Unclejake]

W111?

New rear screen = forget it.

New front screen = less than $380

Cit the rubbers with a stanely knife but leave the rubbers on the screens to protect the corners until the screen dude comes to re-fit them.

That is all.

[peteretep]

theres the oldschool method of putting in windows and the newschool way, os way take out the strip and push with your feet from the inside, newschool method you put a wire outside to inside and pull around the edges(unless you have the right wire, this is ultra hard)

I will pay someone to put the stuff back in, on my escort the rooflining also sits behind the top of the window which makes it a bit harder too

[Abarth]

Paying a professional isn't too expensive. Cost me $120 to put the front and back glass back in after painting.

[sentra]

id love to see a vid of someone cutting a window out with wire, i tryed it on 2 windscreens, 2 rear windscreens, and 4 1/4 windows with 0% success (demoderby cars, used crowbar)

[Brock-Lee]

I cut the front screen out of a mitsi chariot for derby car. worked perfect it was just a cunt to get through. We had to cut a section of rubber out and force a stiff bit of wire through and then push sime mountain bike brake cable through then use that. Once it was through it made it piss easy.

[CUL8R]

Removed a few too many Screens (all derby cars),

Best Tools needed:

Supercheap "Windscreen Removal Tool" = $25 I think

Kitchen knife (make sure its sharp)

Choke/Throttle/Boot/Bonnet Release Cable.

Hot water + dishwashing detergent

With the cable you need to make a slit in the rubber and poke the wire through, and then tie each end around a pole to hold onto (two person job). Use a sawing motion, make one person do the cutting with the other person just pulling back/tensioning (when sawing aim majorly in the direction you want to go, dont just go the same angle doing nothing)

Hot knife with detergent works wonders. Supercheap tool is for the real cunty ones..

[kyteler]

Also, if there's the tacky rubbery gunk silicone shellac type shit in there, then white spirits will dissolve it given a bit of time. That's how I got the window out of my parts C110, white spirits and a sharpened putty knife.

[Jay GTi]

If you're using the sharp knife cutting the rubber seal technique (which does work well, I've done it) be careful as it requires a lot of force and lots of force on sharp knives will inevitably end in distaster, as happened to a mate who stabbed himself in the hand doing the same.

Also, when doing the string in the seal trick to get the screen back in, mix some water with a bit of washing up liquid and put it in an empty household cleaner spray bottle and spray liberally around the seal before you start. It makes it a lot easier to pull the string out and will dry away to nothing once you've finished.

[Mike-e]

mega gay job pay someone else basket times millions

[tortron]

is it smith and smith that offers a life time leak free guarantee?

sounds mint to me - take car back in in 50 years - replace it you queers