Rear saloon window trim

[doublekite]

Can anyone explain how the chrome rear window trim fits please? On mine the rubber edging has started to break up in places and seems quite brittle, and I wondered how easy they are to replace.

[P63500S]

Good question, I too would like to know. My zt rear window trim is coated in black paint/powder coated, and is now showing more chrome then black. Flicked through the Haynes with no luck. Im sure someone at this excellent club will be along soon with the answer.:lol:

[derekosb]

In my past I worked for a windscreen company (in Sales mind).

Virtually all bonded screens (and our front & rears are bonded) are fitted with the trims already sitting around the screen. This means that the trims are also bonded to the car's bodywork. Unfortunately this means you cannot simply replace the trims when they wear or come loose.

You would need to "cut out" the screen and then clean off the old bond, prime the bodywork, apply new bond, new trims and then re-fit the screen.

Not a job for a DIY'er really as if you break the screen...........

Good fitters could usually get a windscreen out without cracking but not always.

HTH

Derek

[v192mak]

They are clipped in and tend to break when removed.

[mh007]

Originally Posted by derekosb

In my past I worked for a windscreen company (in Sales mind).

Virtually all bonded screens (and our front & rears are bonded) are fitted with the trims already sitting around the screen. This means that the trims are also bonded to the car's bodywork. Unfortunately this means you cannot simply replace the trims when they wear or come loose.

You would need to "cut out" the screen and then clean off the old bond, prime the bodywork, apply new bond, new trims and then re-fit the screen.

Not a job for a DIY'er really as if you break the screen...........

Good fitters could usually get a windscreen out without cracking but not always.

HTH

Derek

When I had a rear screen fitted in my R75 saloon, they used the old trims so there must be a way to seperate them

[derekosb]

Originally Posted by mh007

When I had a rear screen fitted in my R75 saloon, they used the old trims so there must be a way to seperate them

Are you talking about the chrome insert or the rubber surround that was re-used (or both)?

It can vary from car to car and I have had no direct experience with the 75 windows I am afraid. I therefore may be wrong. However, in many cases the rubber or plastic trim grips (a U shape) the edge of the glass all the way around and sometimes this can get caught in the bond. That will usually tear/break when removed.

Ours are slightly more sophisticated than the average trim as it has a chrome insert. The chrome parts can generally be re-used without a problem. It is the rubber trims that are often replaced with the screen if they were caught in the bond.

Remember, generally trims on bonded screens do nothing but hide the gap in the bodywork between glass and metal (allowing contraction/expansion for heating and cooling).

Derek