Windshield Trim Installation
Does anyone know the proper way to install the windshield trim that sits on the base of the windshield (the long curvy piece on the picture below)
I don't see any visible clips and I am not sure if it's supposed to connect to the side trim somehow. http://www.rx7hut.com/sitebuildercon...s/IMAG1970.jpg |
there are little pegs on the body, and little clips sit on those, and then the molding clips into the clips.
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s
(Post 11865807)
there are little pegs on the body, and little clips sit on those, and then the molding clips into the clips.
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Something doesn't look right in your picture, that doesn't look like the windshield trim...
Like he said, there are pegs on the body at the bottom and top of the windshield that plastic clips (easy to find from a bunch of places, blackdragonauto.com being one of them) go onto, then the metal trim snaps onto those clips |
Originally Posted by 82transam
(Post 11866052)
Something doesn't look right in your picture, that doesn't look like the windshield trim...
Like he said, there are pegs on the body at the bottom and top of the windshield that plastic clips (easy to find from a bunch of places, blackdragonauto.com being one of them) go onto, then the metal trim snaps onto those clips if all else fails I am planning to somehow glue it on, with a possible aid of a few screws. |
has the windshield been replaced? the factory bead of sealant is neat, and it should have a square edge. the little pegs are on the body, on the side closer to the front of the car.
if yours has had a window, the pegs are probably buried in silicon |
Originally Posted by j9fd3s
(Post 11866188)
has the windshield been replaced? the factory bead of sealant is neat, and it should have a square edge. the little pegs are on the body, on the side closer to the front of the car.
if yours has had a window, the pegs are probably buried in silicon I actually was wondering where they might be placed since I got the set of pegs from BD for $17 and they seem to be just drillable inwards. either way it seems like I'm going to have to glue the windshield trim on, don't think it can be supported by these tiny pegs by itself |
Check out this thread... shows everything you need to know.
Mazda RX7 Forum - 1st Generation RX7's ? View topic - Windscreen A pillar trim - how to remove? And that image you posted from google in your first post isnt FB windshield trim..... |
Originally Posted by Arcolithe
(Post 11866322)
My window was replaced so it must be under the silicone gunk (or broken off, from what I read these are fragile little things.)
I actually was wondering where they might be placed since I got the set of pegs from BD for $17 and they seem to be just drillable inwards. either way it seems like I'm going to have to glue the windshield trim on, don't think it can be supported by these tiny pegs by itself |
Originally Posted by Arcolithe
(Post 11865784)
Does anyone know the proper way to install the windshield trim that sits on the base of the windshield (the long curvy piece on the picture below)
I don't see any visible clips and I am not sure if it's supposed to connect to the side trim somehow. http://www.rx7hut.com/sitebuildercon...s/IMAG1970.jpg ;/ Stu Aull 80GS Alaska |
Originally Posted by 7aull
(Post 11867329)
What you have in your photo is a set of used SA body side moldings…
;/ Stu Aull 80GS Alaska oh i that was a great laugh :nod: |
That's what I thought it was too, but it's been a while since I looked at SA side moldings lol.
Arcolithe - take a picture of the area around your windshield and we can point out what we're talking about. I don't have any pics off hand of mine with it's trim off... |
Originally Posted by 82transam
(Post 11868027)
That's what I thought it was too, but it's been a while since I looked at SA side moldings lol.
Arcolithe - take a picture of the area around your windshield and we can point out what we're talking about. I don't have any pics off hand of mine with it's trim off... The car has a lot of bondo work done to it from a previous owner, many I am removing and replacing with fiberglass. |
Originally Posted by Arcolithe
(Post 11869325)
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...nt=photo%2cjpg
The car has a lot of bondo work done to it from a previous owner, many I am removing and replacing with fiberglass. https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...nt=photo%2cjpg gotta click on it I assume I just realized. There's probably a way I can redo the whole bondo work with fiberglass (allowing me to drill through it more securely and easily.) Does someone have a picture of how the clips are angled at? |
something isn't right, the glass doesn't meet the body like yours does
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Hard to say 100% from that pic, but it almost looks like someone tried to fill that whole gap in with bondo?? There should be a fairly large (3/8" or so) gap "beneath" the windshield. Is yours filled in like that on the top too?
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Originally Posted by 82transam
(Post 11870113)
Hard to say 100% from that pic, but it almost looks like someone tried to fill that whole gap in with bondo?? There should be a fairly large (3/8" or so) gap "beneath" the windshield. Is yours filled in like that on the top too?
I'm assuming there was just rust all around the base of the windshield so after he put the windshield in, he calked it thick with bondo. Comes off very easily sadly... like applying thumb pressure easily (don't bondo kids~!) |
it is also possible (likely?) that the glass is in the wrong place, it isn't supposed to be at the bottom, it is spaced up. there is a picture/specs in the FSM
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Unfortunately someone messed up your windscreen install
You gotta find a new one and a specialist to reinstall with trim |
Originally Posted by BezRx7
(Post 11874597)
Unfortunately someone messed up your windscreen install
You gotta find a new one and a specialist to reinstall with trim |
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