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Be careful on the upper corners. Juuust when you are almost there... you hear "bink". Don't ask me how I know. or how many times.
Anybody Install Their Own Windshield? 70 Road Runner
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Rear window is held in with butyl tape, no gasket. Just prime the opening and the glass, stick tape to opening, stick glass to butyl.
Ranger16
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Correct and understood. My point was that the rear glass, because of it's shape (on the '69) is very expensive, so I was told.
Oh, I got ya! AMD repops the rear glass for $359
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Pay someone else to do it.
I know, but it's the rust repair in the window channel that's holding me back on paying someone else. I don't want to drop a grand & lose a month in a body shop. Safe-Lite is convenient, but they don't do rust repairs. If I get in a pickle, I will call in the professionals.
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My Buddy and I did the install on the 68. Used the old rope trick and lots of lube. Not that big of a deal. Now hopefully in dont leak. I live close to Trifer glass that GYC use. I guess if it gets a crack from a rock or whatever I will use them and bill Hagarty. Oh yeah old glass new gasket.
I just did the Charger. It goes in the same way.
Except the factory manual said to start at the top, which didn't make sense.
Start at the bottom. I should have known better.
I started at the top and it was a screw up. Wound up fighting the bottom against gravity.
That link doesn't say. They may have used polyurethane that sets up in the lower channel.
I did not see it.
I though about it.
But if I did that, the windshield gasket would be in there for good.
Maybe not a bad thing.
I have put A body gaskets in with it all the way around.
It's nice because I have been able to change a windshield without the gasket moving.
But on the Charger I was worried about what if I had to take the thing back out.
So I used gobs of 3M 8509.
No way I would reuse a 30 year old gasket for this.
They shrink up after you take them out and they sit around a while.
They need to be pliable too.
Ranger16
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WOW! That's a lot cheaper than I was lead to believe.
Any updates!
R/T
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I just did my two ragtops , the 68 R /T was new windshield and new gasket , the 69 R/T was new glass and old gasket. I broke the old windshield to save the gasket , got a good deal on a pair delivered. I used Gunk windshield cleaner as a lube and bought a set of plastic scrapers at Wal-mart. The old gasket was smooth sailing but the new one was stiffer and couldn't quite tuck in the two upper corners locking strip ,wait for a real hot day, cuz the soaking in hot water cools down real fast. It can be done, take your time and lotsa patience and lube. I got a good deal on two windshields and it was my first time, the windshield guy wanted $800 each , you Can do it.
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