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windscreen
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:32 pm
by r1nod
anyone no a handy way of puttin the windscreen back in an e21 cheers
Re: windscreen
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:37 pm
by nas80
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.
Re: windscreen
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:39 pm
by r1nod
do u insert the chrome strip first aswell or after the windscreen is in
Re: windscreen
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:46 pm
by e21-Mark
After its in.
Re: windscreen
Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:50 pm
by nas80
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.
Re: windscreen
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:28 am
by e21-Mark
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.
Re: windscreen
Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:22 am
by E21meister
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.