DIY windscreen fitment

Post by **built4thrashing** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 4:59 pm

Does anyone know how to and can describe in detail how to put a new windscreen into the frame in a softop sierra.
i need to do this before the weekend so i can go camping in it

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:21 pm

not real detailed but ....

Get someone else to help (or 2 is even better)

Fit screen into seal

Lube windscreen frame LOTS (I use liquid dish washing detergent and a little water)

Get some sash cord from the blind shop or any woven thin cord - rope is too thick

wrap cord into the seals groove -and have the cord start and finish in a bottom corner

get your mates to put the corner where the cord starts and finishes in place and hold screen so it does not drop and break

gently but firmly pull the cord throught the windscreen frame to the inside, this should pull seal into place as you go round the whole window - be careful.

Post by **built4thrashing** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:02 pm

sweet. will have a go tonight. frame is not in the car so that might make it a bit easier. gonna try it with telstra rope .

Post by **Bad JuJu** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:08 pm

Maybe 1 of the wraps of the telstra rope ... like the yellow bit size, the whole rope is way too thick

Post by **Rhett** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:47 pm

or just put the rubber on the srceen and put one corner in position and slowly work your way round pulling the rubber in

Post by **built4thrashing** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:01 pm

oops i got the screen in to the frame ok and was massaging the rubber better into place and it cracked

anyone know where to get a cheap screen from???

Post by **PJ.zook** » Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:28 pm

Haha im in same situation, i just removed my screen a week ago and cracked it getting it out. Now i can either fit a new one, or try to get the spare screen out of my softtop without cracking that.
Btw, if you do need a new screen, just take the old one if its still reasonably intact to a glazier and they will simply cut you a new one out of a sheet of glass, shouldnt be too expensive cos the screens arent curved.

Post by **=SKB=** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:40 am

Find one of the smaller guys around that do windscreens and ask them to cut you one out of an old truck windscreen or a sheet of the same stuff. Mine cost me $50. You'll do well to crack that when roping into frame, though if your unsure take the frame with you when getting the new screen.

Post by **PJ.zook** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:24 pm

I sucessfully removed my spare screen from my spare softtop so im set. Do you need another windscreen as a template cos you can have my cracked one for free for a template if you like, or is youre old one still intact enough?

Post by **grimbo** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 5:03 pm

i got Windscreens O'Brien to come to my house and fit a new screen for $120 a hell of a lot easier than doing it myself

Post by **built4thrashing** » Wed Jan 24, 2007 10:35 pm

aparently there are 2 different screens for sierras. I thought they were the same wt & nt.

New screen for $170 fitted today. ready to be busted on the weekend

Post by **-ZukChiK-** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 12:56 pm

Hey Jase, still need that windscreen surround?
One on Ebay, no rust but in NSW
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1992-suzuki-sier ... dZViewItem

So I take it that NT screen I sold you ages ago didn't actually fit??!!

Post by **nicbeer** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 1:23 pm

Anyone know if the screen and rubber from a 85 NT hardtop will fit a 93 WT hardtop?

Nic

Post by **smiley_smoke** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:19 pm

do what i did.. on my insurance i paid the extra 40 bucks a year for free windscreen (1 per year) then when i got the new zook and it got cracked i got it replaced free. drover one took 15 minutes to swap.. they said other zooks eg. WT can take longer due to them needing some type or sealant... or some shiz

Post by **=SKB=** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:45 pm

I think they only seal them up with something if the rubber is perished a bit. I have a WT and didn't use sealant as the rubber was still good. Haven't had problems with leaks.

Post by **nicbeer** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:02 pm

I got a perfect rubber + screen in my old drover. only 70 to swap it over.

Nic

Post by **Goatse.AJ** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 3:52 pm

My brother used to be a glazier, so we made our own Zook windscreens. Coz they're flat, you can use laminated safety glass available from a glazier for a heap cheaper. Saturday mornings are an excellent time to sorce "offcuts for cash"

Use the old screen as your template.

Description above for fitting new screen is pretty well spot on. If my bro could do it, anybody can

Post by **PJ.zook** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 6:22 pm

As far as i know WT and NT screens are exactly the same, i just fitted my softtop WT windscreen into my NT hardtop frame, fitted perfectly.

Post by **built4thrashing** » Tue Jan 30, 2007 7:28 pm

acording to windscreens obrien the WT screens are a little bit bigger but only 5mm. So they do fit each other but they are different.

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