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, Mon, 9 Sep 2013 16:41:53
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I've done one. I'm an autobody tech that's been fixin' cars waaay too long. Here's the deal on the vert windshields: The molding that goes around the windshield really breaks down to two pieces, (There's actually 7, a left curve, a right curve, a lower, two lower corner pieces, and one small center piece. That makes six, plus the actual rubber seal. Other than the rubber seal, these are all made out of aluminum I believe or a very hard plastic that mimics the feel of aluminum). In a new situation, the six aluminum pieces are gently tapped on to the edge of the windshield with a rubber mallet. Once the windshield has been "framed" with this trim, you now would take the rubber seal and work it into a small retaining groove that is in the aluminum pieces you have already installed on the windshield's edge. This process is helped by spraying windex in the groove in the hard molding so the rubber seal can slide into it easier. That's how the NEW setup goes.
Forget those, I bought one of the last two showing on the Saab database a year and-a-half ago. The Saab parts guy I had on the phone, (in North Carolina, I live in CT and had exhausted all local options) told me, "If you want it, order it now because I'm only showing two left in inventory in the whole country". Needless to say, I bought it!
From what I've seen, and dealing with older driver 900s too, here's how I'd go about trying to salvage your current molding: Make sure your glass guy cuts the windshield out from the INSIDE! Do not let him cut the winshield out of the car from the outside! Here's why: If you cut the windshield out from the inside, you should not harm the molding at all unless someone has really gooped the heck out of the windshield molding on the outside onf the car. Lift the windshield with molding attached out of car and set on a table or study stand. If the rubber still feels somewhat plyable, you should be able to take a paint stick, placing it's edge against the molding, tap outward away from the center of the windshield and tap the aluminum molding off the edge of the windshield. This will take patience and time, (something a glass guy wont want to be bothered doing). Have them pull the windshield and leave, you do the molding removal and have them come back the next day for re-install. If the rubber IS plyable, having a pan of really hot water to pour over the rubber molding will help facilitate some strechiness so you can get the whole thing off the glass in one big awkward wiggly piece.
I don't know if any of this makes sense, and I apologize if it doesn't, but this method would be my ONLY guess at trying to remove an original and re-use it. It'll take patience, but I don't see too many other alternatives at this point. Best of luck in you install. Cheers, Bob T.
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