sssstew wrote:
make sure you get some new metal clips to cover the joins up too.
I thought they were long since NLA.
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Sep 18, 2008 12:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Windscreen Chrome Strip Length |
The chrome filler strip for the front windscreen usually comes cut to 3 metre lengths. Just wondering if anybody can tell me how long (roughly) is generally required - I assume it is cut to 3 metres, allowing a little bit extra for variance? |
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| Author: | sssstew [ Thu Sep 18, 2008 8:49 pm ] |
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yeah 3 metres was fine from memory, make sure you get some new metal clips to cover the joins up too. |
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| Author: | Anto [ Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:04 am ] |
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sssstew wrote: make sure you get some new metal clips to cover the joins up too.
I thought they were long since NLA.
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| Author: | sssstew [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 1:32 pm ] |
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oh probably over here. but you can get them at all the shows in the UK |
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| Author: | Mick [ Fri Oct 03, 2008 3:08 pm ] |
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yeah I've got two for my car...came in incidentally as part of a larger order from the UK.. |
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| Author: | screech [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:59 am ] |
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If you're replacing the chrome strip for the front window screen, make sure you leave it a couple of inches longer, and leave it for a couple of days, so it can have some time to shrink and expand and what not, before cutting it to length. That way you wont get a gap if it shrinks 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:37 am ] |
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I hate how these `chrome' strips discolour and go brown and crappy looking after 12 months sunlight. Yeah I know you can get black rubber filler strip instead, but it's too soft to make the screen rubber seal properly. 
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| Author: | Mick [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:01 am ] |
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Were they always prone to fading or is it a modern issue? |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:14 am ] |
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Mick wrote: Were they always prone to fading or is it a modern issue?
Always did, but used to last longer in the old days. Maybe they are now made where the sun don't shine.. 
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:25 pm ] |
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drmini in aust wrote: Mick wrote: Were they always prone to fading or is it a modern issue? Always did, but used to last longer in the old days. No its because of global warming and those dangerous UV rays, that they dont last
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| Author: | sssstew [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:06 pm ] |
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so should i put a bit of sunscreen on my strips?
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| Author: | Mick [ Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:07 pm ] |
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maybe a bit of zinc cream.. Or a windscreen sun visor. |
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