<VV> windshield install

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Sounds smart ... at this point glass is more available than seals.  Does 
anyone have good seals for 62 Windshields, Sedan rear windows, or Wagon 
rear window (all 62)?  I would be interested if you do!

At 07:22 AM 6/16/2005, Geoffrey A Johnson wrote:
>I forgot to mention those differences.  But the probblem is that you do 
>the best you can.   You can do a pretty darn good install that looks 
>correct and seals with the new gaskets as I described.  I used an original 
>when I did my convertible, luckily had one.  But that is rarely the case. 
>The other half dozen I have done with the new gaskets came out just fine.
>But removing one without breaking the windshield is next to impossible.  I 
>did this last weekend on a friends car.  Was putting a new windsield in, 
>tryign to save the slightly scracthed and pitted old one.  I also wanted 
>to save a orignal gasket, usually just slash the lip off the old gasket 
>and slide the windshield out. This case I did not  hurt the gasket.   The 
>winshield  broke in about 4 places.  I now have a spare original next time 
>I need to put a windshield in, at the cost of a broken windshield.  The 
>new one we put in looks and seals just fine.  It is not perfect but you do 
>what you can with what you have.
>
>Geoff Johnson
>
>
>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Bill Hubbell wrote:
>
>>I feel like I must jump in here and comment on this subject.
>>
>>It is true that the reproduction weather strip is not the same as the 
>>original, but you cannot fix the problem just by modifying the trim strips.
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