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 scotlander
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| posted on October 28th, 2009 at 03:51 PM |
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window scrapers
I have stripped my beetle back to bare metal and resprayed her, I now have to put humpty back together again !
What's the trick with the aluminium window scrapers ? I also painted over the channels that the windows travel up and down in, I have ordered new
parts but am a bit nervous about unscrewing the bolt that is exposed at the bottom bracket, will the window fall if I do this ?
For the window furniture is it a case of pushing it in until it clicks into place ?
I can feel scratches on my new paintwork coming up !
any help is welcome
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Scotlander ( melbourne 1500 typ 1)
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| posted on October 29th, 2009 at 06:18 AM |
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the trims are fragile so be carefull they bend while your looking at them
use some masking tape along the top edge of the door before fitting the trim make sure the clips line up in the holes and push gently as you will
bend the soft trim
what year is the car as there are 2 methods to fitting depend on year
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| posted on October 29th, 2009 at 08:36 AM |
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Hi
I had really bad experience after fitting new trims to my sons 74 bug, wound the window up and the scraper rubber gripped on the glass and ripped the
clips out of the door bending the trim badly, I cured this by fitting extra clips to the trim, the 74 actually had extra unused holes for the clips, I
also found that that the new clips aren't as springy as the old clips, if you can use your old clips.
Steve
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| posted on October 29th, 2009 at 12:46 PM |
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Thanks Dave,
the car is a 1970 bug, normal single port jobbie built in Clayton Vic.
I can remember the mess that i got myself into when I ripped out the old ones, they were mangled !, maybe I will leave this bit to the experts and
find a friendly specialist here in Melbourne.
I found the secret to attaching the metal trim to the bodyside was to sharpen the ends of the plastic dowels before tapping them into the clips,
worked a treat ! ( after i snapped one with the hammer and dented the new paintwork )
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Scott
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| posted on October 29th, 2009 at 03:08 PM |
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posted by 1303Steve
Hi
I had really bad experience after fitting new trims to my sons 74 bug, wound the window up and the scraper rubber gripped on the glass and ripped the
clips out of the door bending the trim badly, I cured this by fitting extra clips to the trim, the 74 actually had extra unused holes for the clips, I
also found that that the new clips aren't as springy as the old clips, if you can use your old clips.
Steve
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Hi
I had the same experiences...
all the clips broke off....
on the inner scraper....
when I wound the window up the scraper came up too scratching the crap out of My window tint...
I ended up gluing the inside scraper in...
and its been perfect since...
I did it after the window was installed...
I didn't even try to use the clips on the other door... lol
so, its NOT impossible to glue the new INNER scraper in place with the glass in place... with out using those nasty brittle Brasillian clips.
cheers
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| posted on October 29th, 2009 at 03:23 PM |
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Hi Lee
I had the windows tinted on my yellow bug many years ago, the tint installer actually cut the edge of the inner scrapers to prevent the tint from
being marked, when I asked him about this he said did it to all cars, one reason that I will never have window tint on a car again.
Steve
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posted by 1303Steve
Hi Lee
I had the windows tinted on my yellow bug many years ago, the tint installer actually cut the edge of the inner scrapers to prevent the tint from
being marked, when I asked him about this he said did it to all cars, one reason that I will never have window tint on a car again.
Steve
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Hi Steve,
I did My own tinting, and thought about that..
maybe they do scratch the tint... but its not noticeable
I'll have a good look later.. lol
some cars have a soft material that actually touched the inner glass... [most modern cars]
Maybe next time I would also glue some soft material onto the inner rubber scraper...
or even make a scraper from another car...??
but I can't live without tinted windows lol...
even though in the summer the windows are usually down.. lol
LEE
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| posted on November 25th, 2009 at 03:00 PM |
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This is a tricky job indeed, but not impossible. It's funny how we worry more about the paintwork than we do about the painful little cuts and
bruises that you WILL get on your hands and fingers doing this.
You're right though, the paintwork is WAY more important.
I know this will sound weird, but I'm glad that you guys had trouble as well...makes me feel less like a retard!
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| posted on November 25th, 2009 at 06:03 PM |
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It's funny how we worry more about the paintwork than we do about the painful little cuts and bruises that you WILL get on your hands and fingers
doing this.rnrnYou're right though, the paintwork is WAY more important
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The thing is, cuts & bruises heal up by themselves for free, paintwork stays marked unless you pay (time &/or money) to have it fixed. lol
From your ole' mate Jeff
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