How to remove your UR, Coupe gt, CQ , 80 or 90 windscreen.
 

Without breaking it or cutting the rubber.

Remove the two front pillar trims after slipping off the front door seal at the midpoint where it secures onto the trims.
You may have to do some jiggling and possibly bending of the headliner and the trims to get them out, just do it carefully.

With them removed, get yourself a flat bladed blunt screwdriver.
In the passenger seat on uk cars, start at around halfway up the pillar and fold the rubber in and under itself, you might want to practice it to get the feel before going for it or possibly have a go on a car in a breakers with a broken screen maybe.

So start here.

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And work your way upwards a bladeswidth at a time.

Keep both your hands on the screwdriver at all times, you dont want it skipping off and hitting you in the face or wrecking the inside of your car, hold it like this, applying the force with the handle and controlling it with the other hand.

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Work your way carefully up the passenger side to the top of the screen and around the corner part across the top of the screen, removing the mirror can help make room.

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After a few minutes of this youll notice the screen coming out all by itself, dont pull on it, keep working the rubber out and itll eventually almost come out by itself.

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Have a look at this little video to show you the action youll need to make in folding the rubber under.
Dead easy and little risk.

http://youtu.be/lZSQgAfEnUM

Hope this helps someone taking these out by themselves. :tup:

thats brilliant thanks for the info ,
i shall be trying this on my spares car :tup:
cheers

Really handy Tony, thx for sharing

Does the same apply to the rear screen?

Yep the rears a little harder to access just do it a little at a time as in the front and dont forget to remove the wiper motor assembly first otherwise itll snag upand possibly break the glass.
Toughened glass as in the side and rears has some bend to it unlike the front laminated stuff so its a little more forgiving, just dont overdo it! :)

Cheers Tony;
Used your method on 4 cars so far. Only one bust on a side window but that was me rushing it. Got the red rocker finally cleaned up underneath - only the engine change to go!
Keith

Hi Keith nice going matey! :)

Not really my method, its just something that works without too much pain! :lol:

Think i might have picked it up out of an old haynes manual at some time or another.

Good luck with the engine change too. :tup:

Great stuff, i was wondering how to do this.

What's the best way to then reinstall the windows? Laying on the glass and gently pressing it in, get back in the car and retract the rubber back inwards?

Thin washing line installed in the groove with them crossed over at the top and draped inside the car.
With a friend ( helps a lot) locate the lower edge in position and have them apply a small amount of pressure just to help ( do not press hard itll flex the glass and crunch! youll be kicking yourself ) then with the bottom part fitted over the lip of the lower flange, slowly pull one end of the line inwards and dowards, it also helps to pull it toward the direction of travel a little to form an acute angle over 90 degrees.
Youll find the rubber lip folds in on itself and goes over the inner flange at the top.
When youve gone to the corner it might help to do the other side before doing the downhill sections, although ive done them one side at a time in the past with no issues.

Ah ok, two man job

I've just been taking everything out of the interior and the only interior parts remaining are the thin plastics around the pillars. Now these are in need of replacing.

Am i right in assuming that first the windows need to be removed as the plastics will have been glued onto the body?

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Can I steal this for my b2 website? Ill give credit!