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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: xzoex on 06 July 2007, 12:56
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Heya does any 1 no how to take the windscreen out with out cutting the seal as i need to sort out some rust from under there1
Thanks Zoe x
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I was also thinking of painting all the trim and bumbers the same as the car, what do you think?? or should i just keep it all red and black i just cant decide lol :undecided:
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Not a bad idea that but not sure you can paint it all ?
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wouldnt it just be a case of sand prime and paint?
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the window will pop out if you ease it out gently, going round all corners wee bit at a time!
dont paint the black trim it looks hideous, keep it as VAG meant it to be!!
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keep the trim black :smiley:
looks great against a red car.
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Thanks will do :smiley:
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do i just use a razor blade to go round the seal to get it out? then silacone it back in?
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nah i wouldnt touch the seal with a razorblade if you want to keep the seal! as said it should come out, i managed to do it with my fingers just pushing the lip over the metal edge bit by bit till it popped out. :smiley:
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the window will pop out if you ease it out gently, going round all corners wee bit at a time!
That's what i was told too, although it didn't happen:
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b367/ben_87/NPC/26052007007.jpg)
Be very careful if you intend to re-use the screen. Luckily i was taking mine out to replace it!
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its very hard to remove a screen in one piece without cutting the seal, if it was me I'd choose a cut seal over a cracked screen any day of the week! Just nip to your local scrappy and nick a seal, no need to be gentle with a screen there, just boot it out :grin:
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i think ill do that its not worth breaking the glass lol thanks :smiley:
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New seal cost me £27 from VAG- well worth it for knowledge that the bloody thing won't leak!
Windscreen cost me a pint....!!
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New seal cost me £27 from VAG- well worth it for knowledge that the bloody thing won't leak!
Windscreen cost me a pint....!!
99p for my full set of green tint glass including windscreen with blue strip! :wink:
That's not too bad for the seal actually. Like i said, i was lucky i was replacing my screen because it was cracked anyway, but if i ever do it again i'm definitely cutting the seal! No doubt about it.
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If you break the seal between the body and the rubber, then the glass and the rubber with an old blunt screwdriver, you'll find that the screen will come out easily, just by feeding the inside rubber lip over the windscreen appeture, again, with old flat blade screwdrivers, takeing your time, is the key thing here, dont be tempted to push the screen at any stage, untill all you have left is the section above the dash, carefully push the screen forwards, then lift the screen out, job done
If you do manage to break the screen, the chances are that it would have broken anyway, on refitting!
Any stone chips that are close to the edge of the rubber are your weak points, so inspect carefully before you remove!
Using a 2nd hand screen rubber is not always a good idea! Firstly, if there are any splinters of glass left in the channel from the origional car, these can cause your newly fitted sceen to crack! Secondly, screen rubbers can go out of shape! if they came off a car that has rust pushing through from under the rubber, fitted to your car, they could leak badly
Tom
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Thanks tom ill try the blunt screwdriver as im on a very tight budget, well no budget really lol :smiley:
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remember a stone flew up and hit your windscreen though when you break it with a screwdriver!!! :sick:
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^^ :wink: :wink: ^^