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I'm surprised no one's commented on a Targa rear window install. Looks like it would be awful and I will probably have to attempt it soon.
Steve B 1972 911T
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09-23-2005, 01:49 PM
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The rear window targa is impossible. When I take it to the local pros it takes them damn near all day and then they have six guys pushing on it.
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My recent targa glass experience:
Rushing to try and finish my 73 in time for a DE (I didn't), I started calling around for a glass installer who could and would do it. Most never called me back, but a nice young guy did and said it wouldn't be a problem. I swear he told me he had done them before. He and his helper left around midnight that first day after getting the So, I get the name of the local glass guru and call him. Repeatedly. Finally, he calls me back and says, "oh, I think I have the wrong number." I say, "no, no, you don't...you're so and so the glass expert, right? I have this targa..." We arrange to talk the following Monday to schedule a time to meet. That was the last I heard from him. For about two weeks, I left daily voicemails. I think he called me back by mistake the first time. Oh well, I'm going to do this myself, and take the money I would have paid someone and blow it on something extravagant.
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Ive done about a dozen windshields on the 911 cars and have spent anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hrs getting the seal drop in . One time I replaced a front shield (dropped right in 1st time) in a car that only 1 month later I decided to have repainted . Getting it in the second time took over an hour and that was with help from 2 guys . So its really all about initial placement and even more about luck . Thats just my experience anyway . Ive never done one alone so hats off to you .
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09-23-2005, 06:24 PM
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What makes it really fun is when you put just a little too much pressure in the wrong place and crack! The glass breaks and there's no going back. I'm told the rear targa glass is hard to break though.
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1969 Porsche 911 2.7 
