Rear windscreen trim retainers

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Originally Posted by T16

1) The earlier clips I believe only had a seal between the body and the underside of the clip.

2) The later clips I believe had an extra round foamy seal around the pin.

3) Liberally spraying silicone around all the clips can stop leaks and moistens the dried out foam seals and makes them seal again.

4) It was my understanding that you can replace the clips no problem with the screen in place, as long as you cut the pin heads in half? I cant remember as its been so long, but Im sure there was enough room to wiggle the clips out as long as the pin was in the up position, is that nonsense and the glasss holds it 100% tight to the body no matter what the pin is doing?

Mine’s a 54 plate, and you can’t remove the clips. Slicing a bit off the top of the securing pin lets you pull the pin up and so loosen the clip (so that you can get silicone underneath), but the pins have a “lump” on their bottom end which prevents them coming all the way out, so you can’t actually slide the clip out completely.

Brian solved this problem by (presumably) breaking the pins, then removing the clips, cleaning everything very thoroughly, and sticking aluminium tape over the holes. Finally the clips (now minus the redundant pins) were glued in place to the bodywork with Araldite.

You could try Captain Tolley’s Creeping Crack Cure – it stopped mine leaking for 3-4 years, but now it’s back