fitting windshield.

[360gts]

Will be doing a test fit f the front/rear Lexan screens on the race car this weekend.
Been a while since i did this.
Using new rubbers......which is the best method of installing....rubber on the car first or rubber on the Lexan???

[Daz1968]

I have only fitted glass, but I always put rubber in the car, then fit the glass using a plastic lever to help in places, then fit the chrome filler using the tool with the wheel on it, never had a problem doing this way.

[Herbert]

Rubber on first and ive used shaving foam to lubricate. Plastic levers that are used for removal of door trims. Smell nice too!

[harrymini]

As others have said, seal on the shell, and i ended up using strimmer wire as its nice and smooth to pull the outer side of the seal over the glass/ polycarb. Used GT85 as lubricant.

[360gts]

First, thanks for the tips....
I fitted the rear today....'B' of a job as the Lexan is flat....however, once you have the bottom in.....it goes quite smoothly after that. Used a flat plastic paint scraper to pry the rubber out over the edge....some washing up liquid helped as well.

[Spider]

Dead easy job - in fact you should be able to do it with 1 finger.

Call a Glass Fitter, save yourself the agony.

[MiNiKiN]

I feel a bit like Daffyd - the only one in the village who seems to use the cable in rubber method.

Fit the rubber around the windscreen, feed a 2.5mm2 electric cable (which is roughly 40cm longer than the rubber circumference) into the rubber such that the loose ends cross at the bottom - put the assembly onto the lower body edge, have someone push against the windscreen from outside whilst you pull the strings from the inside perpendicular to the windscreen, such the rubber goes over the body lip. Needs team-work, but that's how I have been taught to do it and how I do it.

[GraemeC]

On this one you were taught wrong Minikin.

The correct way of fitting automotive glass is:
If using the Claytonrite type seal with a locking strip you should fit the seal to the car then fit the glass by easing the rubber over the glass (no string!). This is how the seal is designed to be installed.
If using the 'direct glazing' type seal which doesn't have a locking strip, you should fit the seal to the glass and then use para cord/string to fit that to the car, pulling the cord from inside the car.

[MiNiKiN]

Okay - I stand corrected.