Thanks for the detailed steps! I do have a few questions.
1. Where and how hard were you pressing on the glass?
2. Do you think he could have done it alone, without your help?
3. What kind of 3M sealant did he use? Was it a non drying putty?
4. Sealant was not applied between glass and the rubber lip?
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Originally Posted by PackerEdgerton
Hi Funola,
I had the rear windshield professionally done.
Here's what he did:
1) clean off frame and windshield.
2) Put gasket on windshield (it was sitting on a cradle). He used windex as a lubricant to help him.
3) Put trim on gasket (I helped him)
4) Clean off frame (again) and apply a kind of black primer across the entire frame. Let dry
5) Put the rope on the windshield.
6) picked up the windshield with the suction cups, and place in the frame
7) With me apply force from outside, and him from inside (he had the suction cups on inside of car), he pulled the windshield in and then slowly pulled the rope out, ensuring that the gasket was properly 'popping' out behind the frame on the inside of the car.
8) He used masking tape around the outside of the windshield to define a 'border' around the windshield.
9) He used 3M windshield sealant. Put it in a caulking gun, stuck the tip UNDER the outside of the windshield gasket and went all the way around the windshield.
10) He smoothed the sealant (which was now UNDER the gasket and squished out the edge) with a rubber gloved hand and some windex.
11) Let dry for a few minutes, then peeled away the masking tape.
DONE
I hope that helps.
Packman
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