Windshield installed successfully

Good for you! I'm attempting it today (school vacation). Despite the cold and snow I prepped last night but 15 degrees was not ideal for removing a little orange peal in the area first. Had to heat the water because it was freezing pretty fast (garage doesn't heat well). Had some oatmeal stout and Shanaya Twain (Farm Aid) so I still had fun.

You are tougher than me!!  lol

 

Let me know your thoughts on getting the bottom rubber of the glass to seal evenly across the body and be uniform in the aluminum base.  I would like to find a rubber seal that is a little taller and has a deeper groove for the glass.  This would allow it to be pushed down snug against the base and still be engaged on the glass. 

 

I hope that makes sense. 

 

James

James---congrats on the windshield installation.  I saw it done at Carliels last year and I don't think I could tackle that job myself.  Yours looks fine---good job.

Thanks, Jack!  It's really not too difficult.

 

I wish I had known there was a Speedster owner in Hot Springs a couple of years ago!  I was involved in managing an installation of some automated equipment in a Kimberly Clark mill in Conway.  I made numerous trips (too many!) from east Texas to Conway.  My wife even went along on one trip and we spent a night in Hot Springs.  It would be great to meet you and see your car!

 

James

James---well get on over here.  Better yet, join up with us and we'll caravan to Carlisle together.  Al Shapiro is bringing "Ruby" (the IM I lust for) here May 10 and we'll caravan together.

 

Join us!

Ok, I must be thick because I've read the directions (several times) but I still don't see it. It says to put the top rubber channel on and cut it off flush. But now looking at photos, it looks like the bottom fat rubber channel goes  all the way over to the post and the top (channel and frame) stops at it. So do I run the bottom to the edge?

 

Mine so far:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone else's out here:

 

Both of those gaskets can be made to "grow" with just a small amount of tugging on them.  

 

Even though you're tempted, DON'T TUG ON THEM!!

 

Just push them on so they are in a neutral state as applied, no stretching, no shrinking.

 

Now, on the meeting of the gaskets at the corner posts, run the bottom gasket out to the very end to but up against the corner post, then cut off the top frame gasket so that it has about 1/8" of excess length, such that it presses down onto the bottom gasket when installed and the top frame screws are installed (the corner posts should already be properly tight).  

 

If you wish, you can use a bit of black silicon RTV caulk to seal them both together (I usually do).  That caulk can be found at Home Depot/Lowes.  I would avoid the NAPA stuff - I've never had much luck with NAPA silicon and it's hard to find black Permatex at Napa.

Thank you Gordon!!! I thought it didn't look right. Sooooo glad I asked!!! That would have looked like crap.

Caulk  Use ACE brand called ALEX BRAND it's a combo latex silicone that when dry looks very close to the rubber..I use it to fill in under the base of the rubber just tape off either side of the gap fill and pull the tape off.

Thanks Alan! I'll look for that too.

In the words of Frank Zappa, "Don't get any on-ya."

 

The stuff is pretty hard to remove from your skin....

 

Forewarned is forearmed!

Gotcha. It's funny because working with carbon fiber boats over the years I foolishly ignored the warnings and just wiped excess marine epoxy on my clothes. Now, like other guys, I walk in the room where the epoxy is and feel the itch. Don't have to touch it. It's in the air I guess. Now I wear a respirator and gloves but a little too late. Young and stupid...

Don't feel bad.

 

I was the same way with IMRON paint on my Dune Buggies.

 

"What respirator?"

 

But then, when you're young, you're immortal, right?

 

Hey, dialog me with your email address and maybe, once the panic around Boston dies down, Peter Venuti (up in Beverly) and I can converge on your place for a live, progress update.

 

gn

 

A word to the wise, years back I didn't use a respirator all that much because I would spot in or do a bit of primer here and there and it caught up with me 5 years ago: Bladder Cancer, lucky for me I still have mine and it's operational. DO USE a quality mask or better~