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Grock Officially Full-On Dubber

264 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#206197
I am trying to figure out how to remove the window from a spare sliding door i have for my kombi! Can someone please explain to me how it is done without breaking the glass!

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#206241
Get a razor blade n cut the old rubber.

the glass is more expensive to replace than the rubber.

New rubbers are avaialble in Sydney
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Grock Officially Full-On Dubber

264 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#207111
:o hmm, so I'm going to assume that this is the easiest way of doing it but just to keep my options open, is there a way to do it without cutting rubber? (the rubbers dont look that bad, would be a shame).

DubCrazy Custom Title Time!

1,295 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#207246
Just get a blunt flat head screw driver and starting from the top center push the rubber down and lip it on the frame of the door... as you work around it comes much easier and you will be able to save rubber and glasss.. It can be a bit fiddly when you have never done it before but its not hard..Oh and the reason for a blunt flat head is a narrow headed sharp one will cut into the rubber 😀


steff............

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#207330
The rest of Us cut the rubber, as its over 35 years old and has gone very hard.... and You don't break the glass...
I know its a shame , but that is what I did, and most people I know have done...
If You think You can do it with a screwdriver etc...
Let Us know how You went....
Usually, the only rubber that is re-useable is the windscreen rubber as it has been replaced over the years with broken windscreens... [at least in the country]..

My Son tried to take the new windscreen out of His oval beetle [in a new rubber] and broke the windscreen...
So You have to be lucky too.....

Lee

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vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#207378
yes there is but if you aint done it before then CUT the rubber

Like i said Rubber is cheaper than A new glass.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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Grock Officially Full-On Dubber

264 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#207627
Well i think i will cut the rubber then, probably due a new rubber anyway 🙂 hahaha. Thanks everybody

RISKY^VW Wolfsburg Wizard

403 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#231978
i use a screw driver u just have to get it under the right part of the rubber
and pops out
i done 4 windows front back and to back side of a t3 in under 10 min
2 easy
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#231981
I made a tool out of 3mm thick steel. Shaped it like a butter knife. Ground down the edges (rounded) and thinned the rounded pointy end. Heated it a little and gave a bit of a bend.

Works a treat!

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#235767
i just pushed tham all out from the inside, no problme, rubber and all glass came out intact.
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

vwtyp2 Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,504 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#236127
all I do is push them out from the inside.
10 minutes, bah, I can do a beetle in about 3.
if the rubbers aren't brittle and stuffed you can then re-use them if you don't cut them.
just make sure you work from the corners, and preferably have someone to catch them on the outside.
you'll be surprised how resiliant the glass is.
good luck.🙂

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#236275
yeah not a problem with Safety glass but Laminate will crack and fracture.

best off cutting it if never done before.
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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VolksFolks Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,869 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#236277
Washing up liquid fed into the rubber on the inside, and just push, soo easy, i have taken 100s out like this, (i used to wreck cars in the uk), if the rubbers stuffed and hard cut the bugger as others have mentioned..

andy
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