Ok after having pulled out my rear windscreen seal and replaced it, im thinking this may not have been such a good idea.
The bloody chrome locking strip is very stubborn.
I can get about 10 cm along before it will not budge, even using lubricant.
I've tried KY Personal lube, rp7, grease, sorbolene crap.

Please help.
Will.

There is a special tool for this but I found it's not real helpful.
I use a flat screwdriver with the head all rounded on a linisher, work it along the groove just ahead of the strip.
I twist the filler strip a bit, get one edge in for an inch or two, then wiggle the tool to get the other in.
For lube, I use Morning Fresh washup liquid/water, 50/50.

<edit> the special tool I got from MiniSpares- p/no TOOL01, I think it was.

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ok sweet. i will try this method, and see if your lubricant does indeed work! cheers.

I will have to agree with Doc in that the tool gave me the $%$ts when I first used it but now I have it sussed I consider myself an expert and can get the screens in without any dramas. I was too lazy last time to get some dishwashing detergent from inside so I used armoral for lube to get the strip in and it worked a treat. I found if you run your finger along the strip right after the tool -or push down on the strip by holding it vertically before the tool you have best results, once you get it sussed you can get the strip in in a matter of minutes. I was using a screwdriver for this but I slipped one to many times onto new paintwork.
check out the pic - pretty easy tool to make !

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woohoo, something I can say I know about. The one with the wire looking piece, is useless as t*** on a bull. The tool I used was made for both size locking strips. If ya have one of those tools, the secret is the angle you hold it on.

USE HEAPS OF LUBE. We always used a heap of glass cleaner. instead of a screwdriver, we had like a big plastic paddlepop stick. Half the time it was easier to use that than the tool. Check out your local windscreen place, should only be like two bucks.

I would feed the strip right around, making sure one edge was right under. Then work the other side keeping it slippy the whole time with glass cleaner, and ignoring small pieces I had missed. Then run around with the stick to make sure all the little pieces are popped in, and finally run it around the strip again, pressing the entire strip down. If ya get self locking rubber, all you need to do is get one spot in, then run the stick around, and its all done.
THE ESSENTIAL MINI WINDSCREEN TOOLKIT

If you like doing it properly, I would suggest the following items:
H-Rubber, or self locking Rubber
Chrome or standard Locking strip for the H-rubber.
Household Kerosene, and Glass cleaner for cleaning up excess sealant
Drop sheet, to cover your seats when getting the old screen and sealant out.
Sharp Stanley knife for cutting the rubber.
10 Feet of cord(to pull the windscreen in)
Hook tool(looks like a spastic screwdriver) to pull the rubber tight up on the body.
D-mastic Sealant (THE ONLY SEALANT TO USE)
Nylon Chook stick
Caulking gun

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Alright wicked. Detailed posts really help

Cheers.
Will.

just did my one last night...front and back....took about 2.5 hrs.

front was easy but back was a really tight squeeze.

pretty much a mixture of the above posted techniques, tools etc.

just be very careful not to slip as i got about 4-5 deep scratches on my boot now!

The PLASTIC Chook stick is used around the rubber and locking strip for that reason

EDIT... I did my screens about 6 months ago, and I know Windscreens O'brien has one piece H-rubber's for the front window for 40 bucks. Saves having to cut it to length

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Question: Can you insert the chrome strip into the rubber before fitting to the screen and roping the screen in?

I have seen a pic of a front screen rubber, off the car but with the chrome strip already in!

no, the reason it's called a locking strip is that it spreads the H-rubber out.

It might be possible, but I think you're gonna have a heap of trouble trying to put it in with the h-rubber not being held between the screen and body.

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unless they just put it in the seal while it was out of the car so they can take a nice lloking photo of it...with the chrome in the middle of the seal, it does look 100x better. if its off the car, then its piss easy to put it in and take it out again when it comes time to put the screen on the car.

If you'd rather not the `fake chrome look' you can get the fill strip in black rubber from Grippy Rubber in Rydalmere, or other rubber trim places. Easier to fit, too..

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