Replacing the back window on a convertible
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Georgie
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THE REAR GLASS COMES WITH THE WEATHER SHIELD.. I WOUDLNT BUY ANYTHING USED WHEN IT COMES TO MY RAG TOP...... LATE MODEL RESTORATION HAS A KIT AT A CHEAP PRICE.. I THINK ITS LIKE 350 FOR EVERYTHING.... GET IT INSTALLED BY A PRO...
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i just did this last weekend!
I got tired of the hole between the vinyl and the glass where it had seperated.
All winter i had to put a tarp over it so my car wouldnt fill with water.
The install is kind of a b*tch.
I am happy with the job that i did. It took about 5 hours but if i did it again i could do it in 2.
I bought the glass which is connected to the vinyl with the zipper at the top from 50resto
. It was like $150. I didnt want to do the whole top but i wanted that darn hole fixed.
I just started taking stuff apart and kinda figured it out. You will need a staple gun, LOTS of staples.
As the previos poster said you should probably get it done by a pro, but if your mechanically inclined its not that difficult.
Let me know if you decide to do it cause i got some time savin tips.
i just did this last weekend!
I got tired of the hole between the vinyl and the glass where it had seperated.
All winter i had to put a tarp over it so my car wouldnt fill with water.
The install is kind of a b*tch.
I am happy with the job that i did. It took about 5 hours but if i did it again i could do it in 2.
I bought the glass which is connected to the vinyl with the zipper at the top from 50resto
. It was like $150. I didnt want to do the whole top but i wanted that darn hole fixed.I just started taking stuff apart and kinda figured it out. You will need a staple gun, LOTS of staples.
As the previos poster said you should probably get it done by a pro, but if your mechanically inclined its not that difficult.
Let me know if you decide to do it cause i got some time savin tips.
Georgie
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RMODEL65
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need a staple gun that will fit down in the channel!! not just a regular one! remove the well liner, u have to peel back the top from the rear of the car to reveal all the staples on the 3rd top bow. so u have to unbolt the top strip that behind the well liner
http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiB..._us/0900823d/80/19/6b/1c/0900823d80196b1c.jsp
i realized that there was some info about how to do it afterward. It that should at least help u visualize whats going on. I used a normal staple gun and it wasnt bad.
Georgie-I just used what was there. But the instructions say to use staples.
To get the top part of the back window, raise the top until you can pull it back to reveal the staples on the third bow.
depending on the window you got you could just zip the top part of it into place. Mine had a different zipper and so i had to do the above step.
The lower part, which i recomend you do first since the top part leaning on your head. Take off the welliner and Unbolt the valence.
attach the window to the rear window valence before putting it back in, then if needed make fitment adjustments while its in the car.
the hardest part is gettin it to fit just right, perfectionists beware.
GOOD LUCK
i realized that there was some info about how to do it afterward. It that should at least help u visualize whats going on. I used a normal staple gun and it wasnt bad.
Georgie-I just used what was there. But the instructions say to use staples.
To get the top part of the back window, raise the top until you can pull it back to reveal the staples on the third bow.
depending on the window you got you could just zip the top part of it into place. Mine had a different zipper and so i had to do the above step.
The lower part, which i recomend you do first since the top part leaning on your head. Take off the welliner and Unbolt the valence.
attach the window to the rear window valence before putting it back in, then if needed make fitment adjustments while its in the car.
the hardest part is gettin it to fit just right, perfectionists beware.
GOOD LUCK
