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| effutuo101 |
 Jun 27 2013, 01:44 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,735 Joined: 10-April 05 From: Lemon Grove Member No.: 3,914 Region Association: Southern California  |
I did the black rubber surround and am very happy with it.
On my orange car, I SR's the door, heard a thunk and discovered that the only thing holding the window in was the trim. Easy removal. |
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| effutuo101 |
Jun 27 2013, 01:44 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,735 Joined: 10-April 05 From: Lemon Grove Member No.: 3,914 Region Association: Southern California |
I did the black rubber surround and am very happy with it.
On my orange car, I SR's the door, heard a thunk and discovered that the only thing holding the window in was the trim. Easy removal. |
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| Hine62 |
Jun 27 2013, 02:00 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 132 Joined: 4-October 12 From: Binghamton, NY Member No.: 15,000 Region Association: None |
Thanks guys... I decided to have the rubber trim just in case. The current chrome is not in great condition, so if we can't get it out we'll use the rubber. I'm having a glass guy come and do the work who does classic car work.
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| ConeDodger |
Jun 27 2013, 02:17 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,612 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(Hine62 @ Jun 27 2013, 12:00 PM)  Thanks guys... I decided to have the rubber trim just in case. The current chrome is not in great condition, so if we can't get it out we'll use the rubber. I'm having a glass guy come and do the work who does classic car work. It will be the easiest money he earns all day. But, if you're not comfortable... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) |
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| balljoint |
Jun 27 2013, 02:24 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 10,000 Joined: 6-April 04 Member No.: 1,897 Region Association: None |
I really like the look of the black vs. the chrome. My car will never be concours though, so I feel uninhibited in those changes.
I will go with black rubber next windshield. And keep the chrome trim for my retirement. |
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| tracks914 |
Jun 27 2013, 03:00 PM
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Canadian Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,083 Joined: 15-January 03 From: Timmins, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 153 Region Association: None  |
QUOTE(billh1963 @ Jun 27 2013, 10:28 AM) How hard is it to REMOVE the windshield (without breaking it)? First one I removed, I just pushed it out, no problem. Had I towed this car backwards on a trailer I would have lost the window. Second one I tried the fishing line trick, worked for 90% of the glass, then I got impatient and broke it in the bottom corner where it seemed to reseal after I cut it. Third one I took more time, went around it twice and it came out ok. What I ended up doing was took the worst of my aluminum trim, painted it satin black with trim paint and put it back on. This car has no chrome on it so it it just the look I was going for. Hard to tell in the photo but you get the idea. Attached image(s) 
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| Bartlett 914 |
Jun 27 2013, 05:08 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,216 Joined: 30-August 05 From: South Elgin IL Member No.: 4,707 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Does the rubber cover as much as the chrome trim? If I recall, it did not or at least one supplier of rubber trim didn't. This caused a lack of coverage and you could see inside edges on the interior trim. The solution was to black out the glass on the inside around the outer edge
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| effutuo101 |
Jun 27 2013, 05:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,735 Joined: 10-April 05 From: Lemon Grove Member No.: 3,914 Region Association: Southern California |
I had that done as it looks very clean.
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| McMark |
Jun 27 2013, 09:05 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
If yours is anything like Jeff's (jsconst) it's just being held in by the trim. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/av-943.gif)
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| Mikey914 |
Jun 27 2013, 11:56 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,678 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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The rubber covers the edges if it's installed correctly - centered. the real issue is the inside of the windshield area the inside of the windshield area is more visible, so any glass shop can paint the frit onto the glass.
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| jaxdream |
Jun 28 2013, 07:41 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 974 Joined: 8-July 08 From: North Central Tennessee Member No.: 9,270 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(Mikey914 @ Jun 27 2013, 09:56 PM) The rubber covers the edges if it's installed correctly - centered. the real issue is the inside of the windshield area the inside of the windshield area is more visible, so any glass shop can paint the frit onto the glass. Is that some kind of special paint ????? Jack |
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| ThePaintedMan |
Jun 28 2013, 08:37 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States
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Yes, Frit paint is a black paint that adheres especially well to glass, and serves as a way to improve both the bond of the adhesive to the windshield, but also to create a black "border" around it so you can't see the ugly adhesive underneath. Check out any modern car's glass and you'll see frit paint around the outer border.
Mark, I've been meaning to ask this for some time. Do you have any suggestions on how to attach the rubber trim to the windshield? I know that the stuff you supply has a small bead of adhesive in the channel of the trim itself, and you're basically supposed to wrap it around the whole windshield first. But when I did it, it took hours because it kept lifting up/coming off of the windshield lip (almost like the windshield was too thick for the the rubber channel to fit over it). It was really, really hard to get the channel to open up to press onto the windshield. On top of that, I'm an idiot and didn't remember to the put the rubber spacer blocks back in, so once the car sat out in the sun, the whole thing slowly started to slide down over time, and the trim is screwed up in a few places. My fault, and probably a reason why I should have just left it to the 'pros. In hindsight, I've learned that there are two things I do not like working on with cars: glass and electrical stuff. |
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| Mikey914 |
Jun 28 2013, 09:32 AM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,678 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None
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The setting blocks are not required to install. The key is using enough urethane to hold it in and take up the voids. I had mine professionally installed as I didn't want to screw it up.
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| Porsche930dude |
Jun 30 2013, 08:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 399 Joined: 25-November 11 From: Vestal NY Member No.: 13,819 Region Association: None |
my car had rubber blocks on the bottom of the front and rear glass to set on . they are like 2" long 1/4" wide and 3/16" or so thick. to hold the glass up off of the trim clips and off the metal on the rear glass.
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