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For those who need to take their popout windows apart, when like chaning the rubber seals, you will run into the same crap I did. There are only a few parts left to buy, not including the screws. Those have a horrific size, m3,5, which the better hardwarestore couldn't find. But I found them on the net, torx. So I thought it would be nice to share my findings. They are a little to long, but that can be sorted.















Found them on ebay Ebay, 7 of 8 dollar for 50. Some shippingcosts, but I'm very pleased to have them home for some 10 pounds...

screws from China

Now that is restoration engineering to the deepest detail... thanks for sharing!

Screws were too long, so I cut them off. The head of the screw is slightly too thick for the lower moulding, so I grinded it down, because I didn't want them to scratch the lower moulding. After that I had the screws zincplated.



Two normal and two grinded heads.



Besides the screws, I need some ribbets to put it all together. I found these blind rivets, 5mm long and 3mm thick. Perfect fit.



And put it together.