Glass

[Meka]

I've painted my 911. I pulled all the glass myself. I planned on having someone reinstall. The problem is I can't find anyone that will touch it. I've ordered all new OEM seals. I am confident I can install the front and sides but I have some concerns about the rear defrosted seal. Are there any tricks to feeding the wires through the seal? Also any advice on what to do. Or not to do would be great.

[RickM]

Hi Meka,

A search (hint, hint ) yielded this link...... Glass removal and replacement

[Hetmann]

Keep looking. I've had my rear out twice and found someone each time. If you lived in Denver, I could tell you where to try. The rear is a 2-3 man job. I don't knpw about the sides, I went to pop-outs.

[Tim Hancock]

I did my rear and sides all by my lonesome, my 16 yr old daughter helped with the front.

The sides were the worst for me because the leading edge was was tight fit to get started.

I used a squirt bottle of water with quite a bit of Palmolive soap mixed in. I used some scrap 12 ga electric wire as a cord. The hardest part for me was getting the dang trim pcs installed after putting the rubber around the glass perimeter.

My glass as far as I know, was all stock from 1979, so I handled it gently. If you are patient you can do this job. My guess is that unless a glass shop has 911 experience, it is a gamble whether the shop will do a careful proper job.

[kycarguy 935]

I also have done the rear many many times myself and I think its the easiest of the windows. The front windshield scares the crap out of me because I broke a brand new windshield once. They are fragile but the rear windows are pretty strong.

I poke small holes where the wires go then poke the wires through then add some black weather goop then soap up the rubber with your choice of lubricant, use the pull rope and it usually goes in right the first try. Good luck.

[TerryH]

I would think a call to a Porsche body shop would yield a 911 glass specialist.

[Harlan Chinn]

The new genuine Porsche rear seal does not have the holes formed for the defroster wires. I'll see if I can still find the photographs I took of my old seal when I had my car painted. If you ask the dealer who they send their glass work to, they may know how to route the wires and provide the correct exit point for each wire.

[RoninLB]

Take note of rear window wire routing.

2guys outside and double roping makes it easy.

KTL/Kevin turned me on to laying out the moldings on the laying down glass to reform before install.

I marked with tape an even amount of distance from frame edge to help center glass.