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Old 08-30-2020, 01:58 AM
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You're welcome, I always try to be helpful .

For glass installing if you have the big rubber grommet, it's not terribly hard t use a string ir better yet plastic covered wire stuffed in the grommet's body groove with the ends over lapping at the center top ~ offer up the windshield with the grommet and trims on it and the string/nylon rope/ plastic wire stuffed in the grommet's slot and have a friend *gently hold it in place as you pull the string in by hand from the front seat ~ the lip of the grommet will slip over the body's pinchweld, if it slips a bit, stop and pull the other string a while....

This sounds much harder that it is .

Once you do it a few times you'll relax and be able to do them easier .

The idea with the string is to use the slipperiest one you can find, this is why I use very flexible plastic coated wire, next best will be nylon rope, no larger than 1/4" diameter .

Lastly plain old string or twine can be used but it often isn't slippery enough to flip the grommet's lip over the pinchweld .

Resist the urge to use hooks or other metal tools, this is how you crack the windshield .
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