Unfortunatelly I had a crack in my SXTs windscreen.
But hey, a good chance to try that work myself, esp. as I had a used one laying around. Btw. the used is with sunstripe.
Always better to do that work with help.
If I had to do this work again, I think I will buy a compressed air powered cartridge gun.
As the dealership wanted about 35€ for that plasticstrip on top of the screen, I decided to try to get this thing out first and use it again.
Park on an even surface
unscrew that five screws (Torx)
pull both a-pillar-covers
remove mirror (Torx)
wiperamrs
and get this
just pull both seals
and that one
you can take the cover out now (two pieces)
and remove the brackets
to get to the old glue
time to "install" the lifting tools
and remove the plasticthing
it seems they had it over the whole length sometimes
sometimes not - anyway
done
cheap tool, but worked great
protect everything you like to keep in good condition
install the wire
and pierce the other throuh the glue
and start (pay attention to the mirrors wire)
no bad idea to have a cover for unexpected rain
remove the old glue, but not totally
use primer for both surfaces - screen and car
the windshield has a centermark on top which will be hidden by the stripe, so get you a tag before
and make one on the roof
Put the screen right into place and look for perfect position and fix it with tape
Don´t move the car until the glue tied up finally.
How-To: windscreen removal
How-To: windscreen removal
a neon - what else ?
nice writeup, i need to do this to the 04
Justin
[02 R/T sold][00 Highline sold][04 r/t scrapped][95 NYG Sport coupe][01 r/t DD]
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good luck and pay special attention to the surface of the headliner next to the screen when the one inside pulls the wire
At least my work seems to have been successful - no rain inside
Oh - btw - I ordered a compressed air powered cartridge gun today.
And ... maybe better get you 2 cartridges.
ok - I finished with one, but there has been nothing left inside and the rope didn´t look that thick as the original did.
So I guess 1 1/2 cartridge would be best.
At least my work seems to have been successful - no rain inside
Oh - btw - I ordered a compressed air powered cartridge gun today.
And ... maybe better get you 2 cartridges.
ok - I finished with one, but there has been nothing left inside and the rope didn´t look that thick as the original did.
So I guess 1 1/2 cartridge would be best.
a neon - what else ?
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IIRC, the installer that did the replacement on the '99 had a battery powered calk gun. He made pretty quick work of it. I believe he only used part of a tube, but it was an industrial sized tube, compared to what you buy at the chain stores.
Bill
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester
2000 Neon MTX swap with '02 R/T PCMOlha Koba, a psychologist in Kyiv, said that “anger and hate in this situation is a normal reaction and important to validate.” But it is important to channel it into something useful, she said, such as making incendiary bombs out of empty bottles.
1999 neon coupe 2.4 swap
2021 Forester