Originally Posted by Trist
Originally Posted by Thrush
No no no no no no no no no - I HATE it when someone asks you to fit a new rubber! They are tight as FUCK to fir with the new screen and there is a much higher chance of cracking the new screen with a new rubber as it is harder and not "formed" into the shape of the screen/car like the original. And I cannot see any reason why people should need to cut the original rubber to remove the windscreen, especially when the screen is broken. Maybe it's cos it's my job and am trained, but I have never had a problem removing a screen and rubber from an Escort (or Fiesta, Pug 205, Golf, etc) without braking the screen or tearing the rubber. Sure there is a risk, but it is very slight.....
Dont use new rubber
Thrush nice explanation
always found it easier to start with the rope from looping it both sides half way up.
True, you can do it that way - I always do that on large screen like Merc vans, or lorry's, but for ease of talking someone through it that has never done before, it's a lot easier not to mention looping the rope at certain points
And on small cars like Escorts, 205's, Golf's, etc, you can get the corners lined up pretty easily from the outside, so less need for the loops - I have only ever found the need for loops on screens where it is virtually impossible to line up the corners (like the fooking Arctic I did last week - man THAT was a bastid
Screen weighed a TON (took two of us to lift it) and it was a git to get in and get it flat
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