So here is my contribution to the r3v community. I was going through the local junkyard and found an 84 318i with a perfect windshield. I figured what the hell, I already know how to pull one and I need to replace my own. It came out in less then 5 minutes and I was speechless and with such ease. With a grin from ear to ear I paid for it and continued on home. So I started to look around and no one actually had a diy on installing the windshield just the lock strip. So here is my very own.
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wow! you make it look so easy. thanks for the upload. just the motivation i needed to swap mine.
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No problem! It really was not to hard. I put the cracked one in 3 times just so I felt comfortable doing it. The lock strip was a bitch cause I didn't have the tool and my lock strip was so crusty.Originally posted by dirtbag30 View Post
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i swapped mine today. worked perfect. took about 15 minutes.Originally posted by Rdreas View Post
i practiced by putting my cracked one back in my parts car so i wasnt worried if i broke it lol
and luckily i had a lock strip tool sitting in my tool box that i never used, until today. im pretty glad i had it.
my lock strip was all rubbery and easy to work with. i actually have a spare lock strip that is rubber/whatever its made of if you want it?
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I don't need to change my windshield per se, but my locking strip is crusty like yours... I was thinking about masking over it and just painting it, but I want to replace it with some rubber ones that I can get from the junkyard.
Any special tools needed to do this? Do I need to use the same type of lock strip? or can I switch to rubber ones from a late model?Comment
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a lock strip tool and a lot of lube.
if you can. do it on a warm sunny day, let your lock strip soak up the sun for a couple hours and its alot easier to work with.
the lock strip itself should be the same? i don't know for sure, but i don't see why they would be different.
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