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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:00 pm 
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done a search and i know a few different methods of putting them in.

what i need to know is what do i need.
i've gathered?

windscreen rubber
locking strip
locking strip toold (optional)

do i need all these things? do i need more?
how much are these things? where do i go?
should i get some-one else to do it all for me?

it has been raining here for a few days and wont stop till end of week. i've decided it is finally time to get a new seal. cause at the moment the one i have leeks through the bottom right corner and through the dash and drips at my feet. and when going 90 along the highway the water goes up under the top and drips down the inside and you feel like you are gonna start sinking soon. i know i'll probably only get it in by the time the rain is over but i better do somink soon about it.

my girlfriend is letting me leave my mini at her place under shelter and convinced her dad to drive us to and from school. so molly is out of the rain for now.

so what do i need? how much? and where from?

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 8:19 pm 
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These are all the photos I've got, if anyone has any of the glass installation I will be glad to add it in or addend it below this post.

Getting the window in is pretty straight forward. I use a piece of timber dowel to roll the rubber in without scratching the paint or threatening the rubber and glass too much. Try to avoid the temptation of using a screw driver, sometimes you just don't know how much leverage you are putting into the glass. Definitely a two man job getting the glass in first time, you don't want to drop anything.

The front windscreen comes as a one piece seal, the rear one will also probably be one piece but needs to be shortened up as the later UK rear screens are larger than ours. Some sealant in the window gap in the rubber will ensure a good seal, but if it is a new seal then there is no reason to expect it to leak. Cut it slightly oversize by maybe 5 mm and force it to fit rather than make it too small as it will spread and leave a gap for water to get through once the window is in.


You don't really need the windscreen locking tool, however, if you can find some hard to bend(ish) wire, and some rubber grease. It will make the job soooo short you will wonder what the fuss is about. Abut 5 minutes per locking strip with this. Multiply that to about an hour without.

1. Take wire and bend it like this, the sides of the diamond is about the width of the blunt nosed pliers I used to bend it:
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2.Then finish twisting like this:
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The wire will be then clamped in a pair of vice grips or strong pliers by the tail. This will do both of you windows if you need to.

3.Grab the rubber grease and run a bead in the locking strip

4. start the locking strip in the bottom center by pushing in with your thumb. Run the wire loop up to where the rubber meets the locking strip and use it to spread the rubber while pushing the locking strip in. You will get the knack very quickly I tell you. The grease will make the rubber spread as easy as silk.
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5. Complete the trip around the window and then leave the strip, do not cut it to length yet as it will shrink as the window and rubber settles into place. I usually leave it about 3 inches oversize and then come back in the morning to cut it to length (using a sparp stanley knife to leave a nice perpendicular edge) and push it into the gap.
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Wipe the excess rubber grease away using some detergent and a rag. inside and out.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 10:21 pm 
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I copied off Mick for the tool, just bent up some coat hanger wire and used it in a pair of vice grips. Instead of grease, I just used large amounts of windex and sprayed as I went.

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thanks for the info mick.

but my main question is, where should i get the rubber and locking strip from? how much abouts are they?

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Give the normal mini haunts a try, you might also try specialist rubber suppliers. Price won't move much.

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With my chrome strip it has started to pop out at the corners like its shrunk or something it didnt used to be like this. Why has it done this??

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I found the ones available from rubber places and sold by the metre don't fit so well, they bunch at the corners inside the car. :x
I buy mine from Karcraft now. As said they are 1 piece, the rear one needs to be cut.:wink:

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There is a little metal cover clip you can get that goes over the coverstrip join (if you don't already have it) Give a nice finishing touch :wink:

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David, where'd you find the cover piece? I did my windows about 3 years ago, and now have a 1/4" gap where the trim strip ends meet front and back.

A nice chrome cover like that would be perfect :P

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I got mine from Minispares UK when I got the rubber and sealing strips

here http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=36694

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Wombat wrote:
I got mine from Minispares UK when I got the rubber and sealing strips

here http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=36694

So did I originally, and the rear one has shrunk so much in 13 years of Aussie sunshine thet it's about to expose the edge of the body flange... :shock:
Good thing it's all coming out in 4 weeks for a paint job... :lol:

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If any mods have thought about it, then this would be great in the how to section, save looking for it when others need it, if not already there.

Thanks for the tips, all are very handy this is a job for me in the not to distant future.

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i did pm poee about but haven't seen it appear yet, if any of the mods could put that step by step guid with the photos in th how to section it would be greatly appreciated.

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