{"id":7392,"date":"2017-01-21T23:53:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T07:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/?p=7392"},"modified":"2017-01-21T23:53:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T07:53:27","slug":"lexan-rear-windshield-install-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grandmighty.com\/2017\/01\/lexan-rear-windshield-install-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Lexan Rear Windshield Install, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"
After I let the rear windshield sit dormant and untouched for a week while the glue cured, I pulled off the masking tape holding it in place and inspected the edges. To my great dismay, I noticed that the upper right hand corner of the rubber molding appeared to be falling into the channel between the windshield and the hatch frame. Upon pulling back the molding to reveal what was underneath, I noticed a sizable gap that was larger than the opposing corner’s. I’d say the difference was about 3-4mm. <\/p>\n
Although relatively minor, it was apparent that the windshield needed to be manually shifted into a centered position during the install. And because that didn’t happen, it wasn’t going to fly. With haste, I set into motion the necessary steps to get this resolved. First, I needed to track down yet another tube of the elusive Sikaflex 291i in 300mL, which is only available from suppliers from the UK. I didn’t want to wait on slow, international shipping or have to pay the exorbitant costs of rushed delivery… so I reached out to my buddy Zach, who also bought a polycarbonate rear windshield from Plastics4Performance for his FD, and was the original influencer for me. Since his car is undergoing major surgery and didn’t need to install his windshield immediately, he obliged when I asked him if I could relieve him of his Sikaflex 291i tube. Zach was stateside and could ship me the tube within a week versus a few weeks. I backfilled his inventory by buying a tube from one of the UK sellers, instead. <\/p>\n
The next piece I needed was another OEM molding, which I luckily already had in my personal storage. I bought this one a couple years ago because I knew it would eventually come in handy – and it did. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Lastly, to bring it all together, I called up Chris and persuaded him to come back out for some deja vu. On another rainy Saturday evening, we got to work cutting out the freshly installed windshield and redoing everything. <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n It was interesting to see the roll bar inside the car without the windshield. <\/p>\n