Aftermarket windshield rubber, what are my options? Options

[streetrover]

Hi Guys,

Okay, I'm looking to install the windshield in a few weeks. I noticed these two how-to links that both use the 3m window-weld and a prep cleaner/adhesive.

Glass Action

Hart's 73

They also use a rubber replacement for the windshield trim pieces (from 914rubber.com). I like this look, but also seem to recall someone on ebay offering a rubber seal that, at least as I remember it, installed the windshield in a method similar to VW windshields. The glass fit into a groove in the rubber and another groove on the other side fit onto the metal of the windshield frame.

Is my memory failing? Does such a thing exist? Has anyone used this option?

Thanks in advance for your thoughts! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Bob

[Mikey914]

I do also sell on Ebay, 914Rubber, there may be someone else also, but I haven't seen another listing for the same product, but I haven't really been searching.

The one I sell has a grove with a bead of butyl rubber in the grove to help hold it in place on the edge of the glass.

Very nicely detailed write ups, and professional installation. The clips are only necessary for the metal trim (little black ones that pin into the wind screen frame-19 to be exact).

[Valy]

You may want something like this to keep the chrome appearance:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/180817989914?_trks...19#ht_847wt_864

[SLITS]

If you are going to use the rubber to replace the bright trim, just remember to get Frit paint and paint a 3/4" wide strip around the windshield. If you don't, the windshield frame and edges of the A pillar bolster will show.

I bought a roll and have done several cars with the rubber.

[streetrover]

Hmmm.... well this site has the windshield rubber for the beetles and calls the look I'm hoping to achieve the "Cal Look."

Window Rubber

Here is an image from 914rubber that shows the look I want...

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/shop.914rubber.com-11163-1329931004.1.jpg)

I guess my question is "Is this rubber replacement for the chrome trim an actual 'seal' or just a trim piece that's added ALONG WITH the seal referred to earlier?"

Bob

[Valy]

It doesn't seal. Just ornamental.

[msglaigaie]

I have a rubber windshield seal on my parts shelf. I got it from a member here on the site years ago. I will dig it out and check for paper work.

[Mikey914]

I would call it a seal, it keeps water out, it has a bead of butyl around the onside track that bonds to the glass. It is then set into the opening using windshield eurathane, so the windshield must be out.
While the OEM trim is cosmetic, this is what I would consider a structural application.
Just my .02

[griffindoug]

I would call it a seal, it keeps water out, it has a bead of butyl around the onside track that bonds to the glass. It is then set into the opening using windshield eurathane, so the windshield must be out.
While the OEM trim is cosmetic, this is what I would consider a structural application.
Just my .02

I just bought the windshield rubber from 914rubber but am unsure if I red to remove the clips that used to hold the chrome in place. Also, do i need to add eurathane to hold the black rubber windshield trim in place?

[Mikey914]

The only way to use the rubber is to remove or replace the windshield. It goes around the glass and yes the clips for the aluminum trim need to be removed.

[Dave_Darling]

... someone on ebay offering a rubber seal that, at least as I remember it, installed the windshield in a method similar to VW windshields. The glass fit into a groove in the rubber and another groove on the other side fit onto the metal of the windshield frame.

Not gonna happen on a 914 windshield. The seal you are describing is shaped like an 'H', where the glass fits into the upper half of the H and a metal flange into the bottom half of the H. The glass and the flange have to more or less be on the same plane, with the opening in the metal just slightly larger than the glass.

The windshield opening in the 914 is smaller than the windshield. The back side of the WS gets glued to the metal frame, and the trim covers up the joint. The WS overlaps the inside of the metal frame.

If you weld, you can think of the first as a butt-weld, and the second as a lap-weld.

--DD