Chrome windscreen trim!

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 12 Mar 2018, 7:58 pm

#1039731

How hard is it to replace the chrome windscreen trim with the screen in place?

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Mar 2018, 3:29 am

#1039733

if its in a Beetle forget it the c section has to slip into the rubber

Pull the screen leave the rubber on and then fit the chrome trim

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 13 Mar 2018, 7:57 am

#1039734

I agree with Dave ^^ ...Can't believe I just said that! 😂

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 · 13 Mar 2018, 4:13 pm

#1039738

have 70s flat screen with ok rubber and gd screen with chrome if u want a repl /spare /bargain $65

saves all the hard yards!

want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 13 Mar 2018, 7:16 pm

#1039739

Nice one Greg you could have said Impossible

forgot to say the more you work the trim with your thumbs n fingers the better it will sit when you think you have it right go around the rubber about another ten times it will move more into the rubber slot

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 14 Mar 2018, 5:03 am

#1039741

Another trick is to run a bit of glycerin into the slot, before fitting the strip...it's good for the rubber. Chemists sell glycerin.

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Mar 2018, 7:22 pm

#1039752

pull the screen to fit and use liquid soap or Glycerin as per above if its an old rubber lots of luck
what year is the car ???

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

ancientbugger Custom Title Time!

1,986 posts · joined Mar 2004 · 15 Mar 2018, 3:43 pm

#1039758

It's on a 79 cabrio.

grumble Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,672 posts · joined Jun 2008 · 15 Mar 2018, 9:51 pm

#1039759

HappyDaze wrote:Another trick is to run a bit of glycerin into the slot, before fitting the strip...it's good for the rubber. Chemists sell glycerin.

Nitro glycerine- No problems after that Greg.