windscreen to post fit

I am trying to fit the windscreen and the CMC instructions are conflicting. It says to trim the rubber at the bottom flush and also the aluminium trim flush with the glass. Clearly both cannot be flush with the corner of the glass

So which is flush and does the rubber spigot into the post.

Pics of the assembly would be helpful

Robert---I emailed the instructions on the windshield install to you---it's out of the Vintage construction manual but it's almost identical to the CMC one. I hope this helps you!

Good luck on your project!

The instructions leave the chrome end mounting posts right on the fiberglass where they will chafe, creak and leak. I added the OEM (Klassee356) rubber post base seals. They provide a more finished appearance and prevent direct contact and leaks.

measure 5 times before you cut any of the rubber. the CMC instructions SUCK

(wait until you get to the top)

Always cut it longer than needed............

It still sucks and the glass comes nowhere close to fitting the curve on the body. The gap is too big for sealant to hide and too large to bondo.

The aluminium trim around the glass is too wide and I had to cut about 15 - 20mm out and reweld back together. Trim is CMC cira 1991 and glass is Plingkton Mexico 2003.
I need to buy another trim piece for the other car (this one is the wife's) and do not want to have this problem again. Does the current Vintage trim fit the Plingkton glass?
Maybe Brooklands screens for my car if I can get it past the Authorities

The Vintage instructions, while appreciated, suck as much as the CMC ones. All I can figure is to cut the rubber flush with the edge of the glass and the aluminium short to end just at the rubber. The problem is how to fit the rubber into the post.

Love how the instructions presume a hole for the posts. I have no such hole nor is the body marked for one. I used a template I found here but naturally it is in the wrong place.

Does anyone have a pic of how they fitted the post to the rubber?

I put the rubber on the bottom of the glass behind the aluminum, pressed against it, instead of fitting the aluminum into the groove on the bottom of the rubber. This allowed the rubber to fit down against the dash on the inside.

Originally I extended the vinyl covering the dash under the posts to kind of form a gasket.

I have found two kinds of rubber gaskets for the posts. One, from Klasse I think, is a straight piece you bend around the edge of the posts.

The other, from International Mercantile I think, is a preformed u-shape which doesn't seem to fit very well.

I do the same as Mike fitting the rubber behind the aluminum base trim instead of setting it up on the aluminum edge and have been using a length of Beetle fender rubber welting for the post gaskets... warm with a hair drier, cut pie shaped wedges out of the flat side and it is easily massaged. I'm doing the windshield dry fit pre paint install tomorrow on another project.

Understand about having the base rubber sit on the alumimium base trim rather than slotting into the groove

But how to fit both the aluminium surround trim and base rubber at the post?
Any chance of getting some pics Alan?

The windscreen guy is coming today to see if he can grind the glass to fit the body

Ground the glass to fit the curve of the body

The problem now is that when the glass is centred to, and parallel with the wipers, the gap from glass to body at each side is not equal - the R side is closer by about 50mm

Is this normal?

Left the windscreen laying on its back on a carpet padded bench with the aluminium trip attached overnight. This morning the glass is cracked.
I wonder if is was stress relieved by grinding, a stress induced by the trim, or the weight of laying on its back?
In any case all is for naught, and I need a new glass

Best of all the aluminium trim and rubber is cut to fit this glass, and you can bet those will be needed as well. Not a trivial matter as by the time I import all this the price doubles.