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Originally Posted by bluecobra
The windshield doesn't have to come out but it sure would make it easier. the rubber is supposed to sit on the edge of the windshield and if there is a lot of sealant that pushed out around the glass it can make it difficult to get it in there to stay. I cleaned out a lot of the old sealant with a razor blade and a plastic scraper but in the end the rubber would not stay put on the driver's side at speeds over 90mph. Luckily the right side was attached good so I didn't loose the gasket.
Like everybody said the rubber is purely cosmetic. I ended up putting a couple small spots of silicone in the spots where it would not hold at speed and it worked great and looks factory just like the original and the silicone won't hurt anything and can easily be removed if I replace the windshield.
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I/m in the process of changing the rubber glazing around the windshield and ran into a roadblock and need some advise. I removed the windshield lower cowl grill and began to remove the windshield glazing starting at the lower right corner of windshield. All was going well until I reached the top right corner of the windshield. After removing the glazing just past the corner I hand to increase my effort considerably to remove the top portion of the rubber glazing when the glazing ripped. I tried to grab the rubber seal with pliars but the galzing will not budge. The clearance between the windshield and the roof panel is smaller than on the sides of the windshield causing the problem I've run into. Does anyone have any ideas how or special tools required to remove the rest of the seal. Do I have to remove the windshield? Please help!
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