I hope the tips i give in this video will help, It‘s very tempting to try and rush this job, When lifting the lip seal over the outside of glass do it in small runs at a time and rock the plastic spreader back & forth.
Mark, Thanks, the boot idea started as challenge to see if it was workable, I have no doubt that the both you will get the screen in over a few hours, Your hands will be soar with rocking the plastic card but just take turns. Cheers Dave
Good tip on the plastic scrapers. I used Plastic bike tyre levers. work really well they have more strength in them and are longer so you get better grip 👍
Mate - these tips have been so extremely helpful. I exactly followed your instructions. As you say it takes 3 P's - Patience, Plastic tools and Pril (lubricant) :) Initially I thought I would not be able to center the screen correctly by myself. But with enough lubricant especially on the lower part it pretty much slides into place when you start moving up the seal on on side. Also you recommendation to get the better quality fillet tool (I believe in another video you made) was spot on. The entire procedure only took 90mins - I calculated twice as much. Keep up the great videos & Thank you so much !!
It’s funny how we all do things differently, I have always fitted the rubber to the glass then pull the rubber into the surround with string , once again it helps to have that second person just to push slightly on the outside .... that’s always been successful for me ! No lube needed either ! I can also confirm- metal against glass is a big no no !
Paul, I have fitted screens in other cars with para chord but found the Mini screen difficult to get the cord out and with a new glued headliner it‘s easy to catch the edge, I guess what ever works is the way to go! Cheers Dave.
Why not fit it in to the car for a few days and then take it out and fit the glass in the seal as it may help getting the shape right and a bit of stretch in the rubber. It can‘t do any harm and may help a bit. Cheers Dave.
The best way to fit a screen in the seal is to put some cord/string in the seal so it goes all the way round and crosses at thr bottom where it comes out, lub screen and seal. Place screen on the seal and lightly press screen on the seal where the cord comes out. Then pull the cord out towards front of car keeping enough pressure on the screen to keep it in contact with the seal. The cord is replaced by the screen edge. No tools, or leverage required. Lovely
I have used para cord many times to fit windscreens & it works well but it can catch the headliner when it‘s just been fitted, The mini screen is so small it‘s quicker to fit it this way, 45 years of owning Minis lol. Cheers Dave.
hi dave, they used to make and maybe still do (maplins?) a silver paint designed to flow electricity which motorists used to fix hrw in the 70s onwards looking at you tube i noticed that most people doing up minis go down the path of wide wheels and arches but the mini is a car of the 50s and i was thinking how would it look if someone fitted spats to the rear wings eg jags and other cars of the period had them, if you can go and look at the car you have painted and imagine it without wide wheels and arches in your minds eye (and you need to be looking at the car to imagine this) what do you think, would it work?
Do you mean removable rear wheel covers so you only see the bottom 25% wheel and tyre. It‘s an interesting thought, I think the Mini is too small for it to look right, It did lookg good on the old Jaguar saloons, Cheers Dave.
hi dave, yes like the 50s jags etc, a mini deseamed and spatted might look good with the right colour paint job (the colour you used on your mini reminded me of 50s cars, remember I can not see its true colour on m,y pc) I guess you would have to draw it out first to see if it would work the spats would give it a low line look. its just an idea that came to me while looking at your car nothing more than that. dolores
i always used washing line cord fitted the rubber to the glass 1st fit the washing line in the lip of the rubber, go inside the car and work the line round to flip the lip over the body work, does this not work on a Mini?
i expected more from a man of your skills... ok, quick way. grab some nylon rope and a nozle from a silicone/calk gun (optional). lil fairy on the rope and push it into the glass channel, offer the window up and try and start where the 2 ends of rope meet, push hard on the window and start pulling the rope out. window in in 10 seconds ;)
Tom was fitting the screen without the string method! As i said above use what ever works for you, With a new headliner just fitted i prefer this method. If you can fit a Mini windscreen in 10 Seconds i am sure the entire Classic Mini world would love to see it! I challenge you to prove it on video without time-lapse, Cheers Dave.
my dad taught me this in the 80's, most window fitters (worth there wages) know of and use this regularly. most stuffs bonded these days so cheesewire and glue works. many vids on yourtube, i dont own minis anymore, there far too expensive for what you get these days (i know you know what i mean) maybe again, had my eye on a 1275gt in need of heavy resto i know of, but time and money is short. kids. aaaanyway, i didnt mean it to sound so offensive (read my comment back) but i stand by it. its an OLD trick MANY pweople knew, hence i was so supprised to see you do it this way. the seal can be fitted to the car or the window and this method works fine so headliner isnt an issue :) probably move it round more doing it this way anyway. have a lil search if you need more vids, this is the first i found on a QUCK search :) give it a go tho, it REALLY does make you wonder how you ever did it without the roope. cheap blue nylon is the best :) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QvcJ_lU_VpQ.html
I have used the same trick with nylon cord myself on other cars But i was trying to help Tom with his windscreen, I saw this video you mention some time ago but you will notice that the back window in the pick up is almost flat, A new screen+new seal+new headliner makes fitting the glass a much harder job, I do agree the cord method works very well, Write to Tom below and give him the option to try it out, I was not being offensive either when i talked about show it being done on video as it would help a lot of people, Cheers Dave
