Help, in need if a rear screen mould

After a Piazza or just some parts. Here's the place to go.
Post Reply
User avatar
Rick82
Member
Member
Posts: 100
Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:56 am
Location: Sydney

Help, in need if a rear screen mould

Post by Rick82 »

my car has been shipped off to the pannel beaters to finalise some bits and pieces. Not to my suprise because the car hasent been moving the last couple of months and just sitting in the rain, the back end has started to rust ( BADLY ). the tail gate is rusted right on the edge so i am going to use my spare, the opnly delema is they need to remove the glass to respray it the right colour and repair some surface rust. Do you think anyone i called could find the rubber mould for my rear screen ( nope ). So here is my question, Where can i get a rubber mould for the rear screen and how much is it going to cost me??
User avatar
wedgenut
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 1520
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:39 pm
Location: Hibiscus Coast NZ

Post by wedgenut »

I wouldn't worry about trying to find an original trim rubber. Too hard. I'm not sure how it operates in OZ but over here when you get a new screen glued in they fit the nearest size trim rubber, they have a variety of sizes in roll form they just cut to length. Admittedly the one they use for Piazzas is slightly wider than the original but it looks fine. It only needs to be a standard tee shaped rubber long enough to embed in the glue seam and overlap the gap on both sides. you can probably buy it yourself from any autoglass outfit and give it to your panel beater.
So many cars, so little cash
User avatar
Rodeobob
APC Member
APC Member
Posts: 1243
Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:36 am
Location: Sunshine Nth Melbourne

Post by Rodeobob »

I use a moblie guy to fit any windscreens etc that i need done.

Windscreen fitters are in the know when it comes to fitting any auto glass. I would just get the panel shop to have thier windscreen guy come and refit the hatch glass.



How are the rubber insulators in your rear side windows???? On my KB space cab they are basically no existant. Makes the windows rattle and one of the screws fell apart. Happend on the FWY at full noise, lucky it landed on the external chrome trim below the window and i pulled over and got it before it fell off onto the road. I had a bit of a search, the TF rodeo ones look pretty close, they arent that cheap but you can get them from holden. I pulled one out of a Hyundai, one of the real early ones it looked pretty close. Its as far as ive got at the moment. Havent actually tried to fit anything up.


Cheers, Bob.
Too many Piazzas to little money.

Currently unemployed. Watch this space.
User avatar
Rick82
Member
Member
Posts: 100
Joined: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:56 am
Location: Sydney

Post by Rick82 »

my insulators were finished, i noticed that when it would rain my speakers were full of water. i fixed it by going down to the local hardware store and buying washers and i drilled the holes in the centre to suit, add a little sikaflex and the thing wont leake now , not even completly submerged.
My pannel beater has allready consulted his screen guy about the rear glass and said that withought a new seal she will never be the same, He said he could use a "T" piece of rubber but it will eventually bubble up in the heat of the hot summer. My only other option is Wedgenuts designe with the convertible, that way i dont need the glass i can fabricate one into the rag top.
User avatar
wedgenut
Site Admin
Site Admin
Posts: 1520
Joined: Mon Jul 04, 2005 9:39 pm
Location: Hibiscus Coast NZ

Post by wedgenut »

I think your panel beater needs to get himself a new "screen guy" While most modern cars have the screen glued in and don't actually have any fill strip, fill strips have been used for donkeys years in all parts of the world, that is all they are, fill strips. They don't hold the screen in, it is held in by the bonding agent and the fill strip is just to make it pretty and hide the gap between the edge of the glass and the body. You could fill it with your grandads bathroom caulking compound or any other gap filler. The idea of the "T" piece extrusion is that the leg of the tee is pushed into the bonding compound before it sets so the finished article doesn't fall out.
I'm not sure what this guy is thinking about but rubber doesn't usually bubble up in the sun, over a period of time it will harden and shrink and eventually crack but we are talking years and years. NZ has one of the highest UV counts in the world and I had to replace the rubbers in an older car because they were a bit perished but it was a 1977 car for heavens sake.

I'm sorry I think you are having your string tugged, I just have this vision in my head of every car in australia driving around and having their tyres bubble up and burst, windows all falling out, soles falling off your shoes.

Get another opinion by yourself direct from an auto glass specialist rather than through anyone else.
So many cars, so little cash
Post Reply