fuel Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 hey guys am picking up a parts car from Auckland sometime this week, and I'm wanting to take out the front and rear screens before I quickly send the car to the scrappy once stripped. Anyone have such a tool or have the mad skillz to remove windscreens without breaking them? Cheers, Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 this may/may not be any help ive taken out a few windscreens just by removing the strip that holds the seal, and then a screw driver to slide off the seal on the inside of the car, and then it basically pops out. just need a mate to help out/hold windscreen. did both the ones on a hunter in about 5 mins. also done a few escorts ones in the same way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Age of said car? is it a weather strip type seal or goo-sealant/silicon/urethane? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 oh yeah I did that on my viva, but both the front and rear screens on this car are held in with glue and just have trim strips over it, like those damn new fangled modern cars. I need one of those tools which is basically piano string with a grip at each end and it saws through the glue. I tried prying out a windscreen which was glued in on a car once and it just shattered haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insani-T Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Just take it to a glazier and ask if they will do a cash job for ya. Down these ways its less then $60 a screen to fit, so surely must be cheaper to remove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xsspeed Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Chicken wire wrapped around a cork at each end. Also good for slicing cheese ... and throats. How new school, on my 1986 corolla I cut out the sealant with craft-knives and then slowly pried it and cut out where it was caught. Have to remove trim and there are little clip things that sit in the sealant holding the screen - had to cut around them, then pry them out with a screwdriver - tis a bitch of a job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 sam has said tool (sort of a right angle blade with a pull handle), but it is blunt. This is a cunt of a mission! I'd rather pay some one. Best way Ive seen it done is with a piece of sharp wire and two handles, one person in the car one out. You use a sawing motion to cut through the urethane, can end up with alot of swearing and accidentally punching things though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuel Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 haha yeah fun times I bet. 'tis really the rear screen I want, gotta have a spare one of them! yeah might just see if a windscreen guy can remove it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark105 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 yeah might just see if a windscreen guy can remove it. do this, you wont regret it, like diddy said such a cunty job and even with said tool is fucking easy to still smash screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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