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r1nod
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windscreen

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anyone no a handy way of puttin the windscreen back in an e21 cheers


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use very thin rope / strong speaker wire - to pull the seal on the inside. defo a two man job if your doing it at home.
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Re: windscreen

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do u insert the chrome strip first aswell or after the windscreen is in
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After its in.
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yeah theres a special tool you can buy for a tenner that makes putting that chrome in very easy. I dont think its gonna be easy to put the chrome in without it.
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Re: windscreen

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Best to wait till the sun has been shining too. It's much easier when the rubber isn't cold & hard. Don't bother trying to use a screwdriver or something either. The proper tool is cheap and makes it a much easier task to do.
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Everything that's been said on this thread already, also if you're in cold conditions, either keep running a hairdryer over the rubber as so to keep it supple OR (not AND from a safety perspective) keep the rubber in a bowl of hot water. Good ol' washing-up liquid is a great lubricant to ease the glass into the rubber when you're at that tricky stage of two-thirds in.
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