windscreen spacers (are these essential.?)

[joeypineapplez 0]

As above really. Im getting a new screen soon and just want to make sure I have all my info because I know its an awkard job and I want it to go as smoothly as possible.

 

Ordering anything from my local VW dealers requires 2 trips and at least 3 days (or 2 weeks if it has to come from Germany) so do I really need them or are the fitters just going to chuck them in the bin when Im not looking.

 

Any advice is welcome. Ive done everything else myself so I get all jittery when I have to had a job over to someone else.

 

Thanks.

 

Oh and when I was removing the old screen I found these in the glue. Did they come from the factory like that or is it only when fitting replacment screens.?

[Rorgasm 10]

Gald you raised this as i have to replace a windscreen at some point.

 

What other bits did you have to purchase other than the windscreen?

 

Rory

[G60 CS 0]

Autoglass just did mine, did a great job, according to their computer they'd done about 2500 Corrado screens in the past, plus they're giving away as et of Bosch aero wipers at the min so if you've done that to your Corrado are thinking of it might be worth getting Autoglass to do your screen

[joeypineapplez 0]

Ive not done this yet as Ive had no replies to my question. I guess ill have to just bite the bullet and visit my local windscreen fitters and see what they say. But I know its going to go a little something like this,

 

Me: "hello I need a new screen for a Corrado"

 

Windscreen Fitter: "whats a currada.?"

 

 

So you can see why I prefer to have all my info before I give a job on my car out to someone else. (by the way Im from Ireland and Corrados arent all that common over here)

[VW_OwneR_85 2]

no you dont need them unless you plan on fitting the screen yourself, there just there to help space the screen off the channel,there just rubber wedges that you move up or down the channel untill you get the screen in the right position, there realy cheap so buy them if you want, the windscreen fitters would have there own..

Edited October 16, 2012 by VW_OwneR_85

[VAG-hag 0]

Where abouts are you? Can recommend a great fitter

[Rorgasm 10]

I'm in Worthing (west Sussex). The problem i face is that the G60 isn't insured, Taxed or MOTed. Hoping i can find someone who will do it threw my Valver insurance:norty: thats asuming the G60 Windscreens are the same as the late 16v screens?? (anyone)

 

Infact i need all my windows taking out & refitted once the respray is done which hold bigger problems of getting hold of new seal:scratch:

[Stonejag 10]

I think in theory the seal around the rear windows is reusable if you take it out carefully. Unless someone's glued it on replacing the Windows before, that is...!

 

Worth removing your own rear glass as it's a massive, tedious job that can't be rushed. Free the top of the glass first (I used a tool with a right-angled blade and pull handle) using lots of very shallow cuts into the adhesive only, then once the top's clear, pass your cheese wire through the gap and carefully saw it out. The top's done first because the glass is curved less than the body is, so it has to be literally bent into place on the shell as the glue goes off. If you start from one side you risk the glass's internal stress shattering it when you clear a corner; having the top totally free before you start on the sides lets some of the tension out. I got two spares off a scrap car in one piece, but it took me over 3 hours a side :( Using proper cutting wire and tool would help, I kept having to stop to rob throttle cables and untwist them...

 

Stone

[Rorgasm 10]

Great advice Stone, what about the side windows have you tried removing those?

 

looks like i'll be buying more tools, there isn't a great deal of throttle cable in my garage:shrug:

 

Would it be easier to have the boot lid off the car in you opion or easier on left on?

 

in an ideal world i would love to fit the windscreen myself but i would imagine its not recommended:rolleyes:

[VW_OwneR_85 2]

you can buy specialist windscreen cutting wire on ebay which are cheap enough, side windows are a fkn nightmare to remove, simply because of the seal, you cant damge it! damage it and thats the window skrewed! the way i did it was pull back the seal on the vertical door jamb side and stab the adhesive untill you can run the blade down it, {at the same time pulling the seal out!} and then from the inside do the same thing along the horizontal edges and it will come out, fitting these are peice of p155 though,

 

 

 

as above we did this diy and it turned out great, its a 2 man job though, as for the rear hatch glass keep it on the car , wont make it any easier if removed, remove all the inside trim so you can access the adhesive, the seal on the hatch just pulls out the same as the front,

Edited October 17, 2012 by VW_OwneR_85

[Rorgasm 10]

Some more top advice.

 

Cheers VW, thinking i should have a chat with my local scrappy to home my skills in a little before attempting side window removals.

[Stonejag 10]

Great advice Stone, what about the side windows have you tried removing those?

That was all about the rear quarter windows if that's what you meant. There's usually tons of glue on the left and right sides (the bonding area is wider and fitters tend to fill it up!) so there's really no way to do it without a proper wire glass-glue cutter.

 

As VW_OwneR_85 said, try your utmost not to damage the seal or you've had it, I don't think they're available any more. If you do damage it maybe you can carefully trim it off the outside of the window?

 

Door windows are dead easy - open door, drop window to bottom and carefully remove inside trim strip first - otherwise you can damage it refitting the window. Careful during removal as the plastic will be brittle with age, I snapped one of mine :( Then pop the door card off, raise the window to the top andundo the two (13mm head) bolts holding the window to the mech; they should be visible through two holes in the metalwork. Drop the window an inch or two, then push it from the inside so it's not lined up with the slot in the door any more, grab and pull. It has to come out fairly straight as there's a guide at the back which slots inside a metal piece bonded to the window, but at the top you can drop the front edge down slightly which makes it easier. Getting them back in is a huge pain, you have to get the back hooked onto the guide before it'll sit right. Putting the front edge in first and rotating it in seemed to make it a bit easier.

 

Hope that helps :)

 

Stone

Edited October 18, 2012 by Stonejag

[VW_OwneR_85 2]

just so you know i didnt use cutting wire on the side windows as the wire wanted to chaffe on the seals , i only used a crafts knife and a stanley knife to stab and slice the adhesive from the inside its realy not that hard just takes time and determination not to give up because your arms tired, just becareful not to slip and cut yourself if you do diy.