windshield trim

[MATTHEW FIELDS]

Has anyone seen a alternative to the chrome molding for the front windshield? let me know what you think.

[red-beard]

for $75, a local windshield place reinstalled my windshield and replaced my trim with aftermarket trim which looks decent. It is black rubber with a chrome strip in the middle. Try some windshield replacement companies in your area.

[odie]

I was in SD last year and happened upon a BEAUTIFUL 914. Anyway, he didn't have the chrome trim. It was generic black plastic/rubber that the "windshield" place uses on most of their installs. I commented on it because it was VERY nice. He mentioned that he prefered the chrome trim but its too expensive and hard to find. For what its worth, if I had my 914 out there I probably would have sold him my good, clean chrome trim and gotten some of the black stuff. I thought it was a better look for the 914. I personnaly don't think chrome belongs on a sports car.

[Dave Bell]

Matt -

Look for an e-mail from me with an attached word document that contains a collection of info on the topic. Stuff I culled off of the Rennlist.

- Dave

[hutchwe]

Dave, I'm interested in the stuff that you are sending regarding Black Trim. Could you e-mail me the stuff also. hutchwe@nu.com

thanks,

hutchwe

[AMangones]

I just took my car last week to a glass place. They're charging me like $80 for removing the windshield and re-installing it w/ the black rubber trim. BUT they say there's the risk that the windshield breaks during removal, therefore, making the whole thing $100 more expensive = $180.

I'll take it later this week somewhere else for a second opinion.

-Alberto-

[Dave Bell]

If you want you can take it out yourself so only you can be to blame if it breaks. After removing the trim, take a piece of guitar or piano wire, insert it through the rubber gunk just past the edge of the windshield until is is all the way through to the other side. Now you have wire you can drag around the entire outside edge of the windshield to break the old seal and allow the windshield to come out with minimum force.

Don't pry, hammer or force the windshield too hard after this or it may break.... done it on a parts car... oh well...

If you do this yourself, you get a chance to clean out the mounting channel, clean up any rust and prep if necessary, install a new seal to the dash if you want, etc. In short you can do a better prep job than the windshield guy will have time to do IMHO.

- Dave