STEVE BURNS
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Was this why it was called french letter!?
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260z Project
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Albrecht
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The correct [factory] procedure for installing the [stainless steel] window rubber trims is to put the rubber around the glass, fit the trim in the rubber and then fit the rubber to the body.
Dale
Club Member
I seem to recall seeing someone on TV (maybe Ed China?), used chord by putting it under the steel strip and carefully pulling it out while holding down the steel strip which would fold/unfold the rubber over it.
Or maybe that was just fitting the window with the rubber to car itself?
Or maybe that was just fitting the window with the rubber to car itself?
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MaximG
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We tried that first off which proved to be about as difficult as doing it on the car. Looking at the process involved I would think they opted to install it off the car because if any mistakes were made it was easier to rectify?
Albrecht
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I don't really understand why, as you're dealing with a rubber that is not restricted at its outer perimeter in the way it is when it's installed on the car. It's the corner pieces and centre join pieces that go in afterwards.
MaximG said:
The kind of 'mistake' that struggling to install the trim in an already installed 'screen is likely to result in is a ripped or otherwise damaged rubber. In which case it's a 'screen out and new rubber job (expensive!).
I think it's a case of the 'right' technique, and experience. Something they certainly had at the factory...
MaximG
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My observations were that the rubber tended to migrate away from the edge of the screen kind of roll of the side. I figured they may well have had a jig to hold the rubber in place while they fitted the strip. Also a tool especially developed for the process?
Well chrome trim should go in this weekend. Due to my workshop space I couldn't get to the rear of my car last weekend:
Because:
So I got a few other bits done instead:
I can't stand body painted strut nuts so those will come off and will go black.
Also I've got all the wiring to do as well as add the extra sensors with my new ecu and Clifford alarm. I'm much more of a mechanical guy, electronics isn't my strong point.
Because:
So I got a few other bits done instead:
I can't stand body painted strut nuts so those will come off and will go black.
Also I've got all the wiring to do as well as add the extra sensors with my new ecu and Clifford alarm. I'm much more of a mechanical guy, electronics isn't my strong point.
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uk66fastback
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Can you have the nuts, nut coloured? Thing is, then where do you stop? Anything's better than the body colour though, I would agree,
Yeah after I wrote that I figured that would be a little weird. I'll just grab some stainless ones I should have lying around. They were probably zinc plated from factory? It's been almost two years since I last paid any attention to them.
Mods. The 4th picture on my last post I deleted but stayed in the post. Tried to edit the post and the upload code isn't there so I can't delete it?
Are you saying you want the exhaust manifold pic deleting?
I can't delete it either ?
STEVE BURNS
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I can
You just have to go to manage attachments and remove the attachment you want gone
