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| East coaster |
 Apr 13 2024, 08:15 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,881 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None 
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Getting ready to install my windshield and I bought the 2 little spacers for the bottom edge. When I place them in the channel they don’t stick up any higher (or even as high) as the trim clips, what am I missing?
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| 914werke |
Apr 13 2024, 10:11 AM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,379 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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you may have gotten the wrong ones. Window spacer rubbers are used in two places & are shaped differently.
The ones used to support the Rear window are long & thin. The ones used for the windshield are like small rubber blocks Where did you source them? |
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| FlacaProductions |
Apr 13 2024, 10:42 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,029 Joined: 24-November 17 From: LA Member No.: 21,628 Region Association: Southern California
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Pictures would be good if you can.
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| dr914@autoatlanta.com |
Apr 13 2024, 10:48 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,207 Joined: 3-January 07 From: atlanta georgia Member No.: 7,418 Region Association: None |
front and rear are both the same part number for the glass to rest on do not have to be as high as the clips
QUOTE(East coaster @ Apr 13 2024, 07:15 AM)  Getting ready to install my windshield and I bought the 2 little spacers for the bottom edge. When I place them in the channel they don’t stick up any higher (or even as high) as the trim clips, what am I missing? |
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| 914werke |
Apr 13 2024, 10:58 AM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 11,379 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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QUOTE(dr914@autoatlanta.com @ Apr 13 2024, 09:48 AM) front and rear are both the same part number for the glass to rest on do not have to be as high as the clips your part #91454190710 rubber spacer is for the rear window & the part for the front glass IS different (taller shorter thicker). Ill see if I can come up with an image |
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| East coaster |
Apr 13 2024, 05:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,881 Joined: 28-March 03 From: Millville, NJ Member No.: 487 Region Association: None
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A couple pics…….I guess I don’t understand their purpose if the windshield is going to bottom out against the trim clips before it ever touches the spacer. It seems to be from the Dept of redundancy Dept.
 Here’s the spacers butted up against the clip and you can see it’s lower than the clip.  |
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| bkrantz |
Apr 13 2024, 09:19 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,497 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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When I did mine, the glass also sat too low with the thinner rubber spacers. I doubled them so the glass sat more centered top to bottom.
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| Can-Am |
Apr 13 2024, 09:20 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 8,360 Region Association: None
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You don't want the glass resting on the clip. The clip needs to flex a little to allow the molding to snap into place. The glass can slide down too far without an appropriate spacer. I don't really like the spacer you've got.
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| 76-914 |
Apr 14 2024, 07:01 AM
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Repeat Offender & Resident Subaru Antagonist Group: Members Posts: 13,795 Joined: 23-January 09 From: Temecula, CA Member No.: 9,964 Region Association: Southern California
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I believe that dimension is detailed within this manual-(Chassis). IIRC this gives the exact dimensions and IIRC the material is wood. You could mill them from plasticI suppose. I threw away the rubber strips and used wood pieces from a yardstick. http://p914-6info.net/PDFs/Group%208%20Body.pdf
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