These are all the photos I've got, if anyone has any of the glass installation I will be glad to add it in or addend it below this post.
Getting the window in is pretty straight forward. I use a piece of timber dowel to roll the rubber in without scratching the paint or threatening the rubber and glass too much. Try to avoid the temptation of using a screw driver, sometimes you just don't know how much leverage you are putting into the glass. Definitely a two man job getting the glass in first time, you don't want to drop anything.
The front windscreen comes as a one piece seal, the rear one will also probably be one piece but needs to be shortened up as the later UK rear screens are larger than ours. Some sealant in the window gap in the rubber will ensure a good seal, but if it is a new seal then there is no reason to expect it to leak. Cut it slightly oversize by maybe 5 mm and force it to fit rather than make it too small as it will spread and leave a gap for water to get through once the window is in.
You don't really need the windscreen locking tool, however, if you can find some hard to bend(ish) wire, and some rubber grease. It will make the job soooo short you will wonder what the fuss is about. Abut 5 minutes per locking strip with this. Multiply that to about an hour without.
1. Take wire and bend it like this, the sides of the diamond is about the width of the blunt nosed pliers I used to bend it:
2.Then finish twisting like this:
The wire will be then clamped in a pair of vice grips or strong pliers by the tail. This will do both of you windows if you need to.
3.Grab the rubber grease and run a bead in the locking strip
4. start the locking strip in the bottom center by pushing in with your thumb. Run the wire loop up to where the rubber meets the locking strip and use it to spread the rubber while pushing the locking strip in. You will get the knack very quickly I tell you. The grease will make the rubber spread as easy as silk.
5. Complete the trip around the window and then leave the strip, do not cut it to length yet as it will shrink as the window and rubber settles into place. I usually leave it about 3 inches oversize and then come back in the morning to cut it to length (using a sparp stanley knife to leave a nice perpendicular edge) and push it into the gap.
Wipe the excess rubber grease away using some detergent and a rag. inside and out.
