windshield lip repairs

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:09 pm

Got it all washed and cleaned up this afternoon finally.

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:48 pm

So purdy!

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:17 pm

Wow.. very nice job brother!!!!! Way to go!!!

hambone · Post by **hambone** » Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:25 am

It's just a model (shhhh)

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 4:20 pm

hambone wrote:It's just a model (shhhh)

Camelot!

Wow that is nice, I dread pulling my windshield off,

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 5:32 pm

that looks like some work there!

airkooledchris · Post by **airkooledchris** » Tue May 04, 2010 3:48 pm

when it rains hard here, I get water dripping down behind the dash.
no doubt mine is all swiss cheese at this point.

it's not a fixer though, just something to camp in locally for now, and haul around the dog/junk/etc

when I find time ill try and patch it up in some ghetto fabulous way. (that hopefully would only require re-doing once a season or so)

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Tue May 04, 2010 6:48 pm

airkooledchris wrote:...no doubt mine is all swiss cheese at this point...

Geoff, were there actual pinholes in yours...

...hard to tell from the photo.

I've replaced two windshields so far that have leaked...

...and even thought there was some pitting under the seal the metal's integrity wasn't compromised on either of them.

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Wed May 05, 2010 3:15 am

Mine had tons of pinholes all along the lip plus a 1/2" by 1" hole at each corner and yes, water poured in. New lip, new paint, new seal and new windshield and NO LEAKS! Yes it leaks when I washed it after the install but two weeks later and some warmer weather and the seal settled in so no leaks washing or driving in a rain storm. The seal will take time to settle in so if you install it and then wash it that day it will leaks. The seal stretches alot to fit the glass and the lip/frame so it needs to contract to seal.
If you still have leaks, what brand of seal are you using? It should be a total bitch to put in and seem like there is no way for it to fit!

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Wed May 05, 2010 6:13 am

Bleyseng wrote: If you still have leaks, what brand of seal are you using? It should be a total bitch to put in and seem like there is no way for it to fit!

In my case, I got new glass, and it pulls forward in the top corners.

I put a bit of roofing tar under the seal there and no more leaks.

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Wed May 05, 2010 12:56 pm

I'll have to say that getting the top corners to fit properly was hard. I pushed and rubbed the seal and forced the glass down into the seal at the bottom before it finally slid into place. My thumbs were sore from rubbing and pushing! I also used a really small brad nail puller to pull the seal onto the lip on the inside plus lots of liquid soap.

Manfred · Post by **Manfred** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:35 pm

chitwnvw wrote:
Bleyseng wrote: If you still have leaks, what brand of seal are you using? It should be a total bitch to put in and seem like there is no way for it to fit!
In my case, I got new glass, and it pulls forward in the top corners. I put a bit of roofing tar under the seal there and no more leaks.

Maybe it's not the seal but the installer. Didn't you have someone else install your windshield?

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Wed May 05, 2010 2:00 pm

2 different installers both from Safelite. I think Colin has confirmed that the chinese glass is a bit 'wrong' in the top corners.

Bleyseng · Post by **Bleyseng** » Thu May 06, 2010 3:34 am

I guess I was lucky then to find this NOS PPG glass then from a guy who had a VW shop for 30 years. German guy, Rudy who lives up north with a huge triple bay garage/storage/shop space with enough parts to build a couple of complete cars.

I thought I had the same corner problem until I worked the whole glass piece down into the seal at the bottom. The glass tends to stick and not slide down into the seal and of course its a bitch to force it down without breaking it!

Manfred · Post by **Manfred** » Thu May 06, 2010 12:25 pm

Bleyseng wrote:I guess I was lucky then to find this NOS PPG glass then from a guy who had a VW shop for 30 years. German guy, Rudy who lives up north with a huge triple bay garage/storage/shop space with enough parts to build a couple of complete cars.

I thought I had the same corner problem until I worked the whole glass piece down into the seal at the bottom. The glass tends to stick and not slide down into the seal and of course its a bitch to force it down without breaking it!

Wow yea you found some good glass.

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