hay guys i need to remove the front/rear windscreens of my 1600 whats the best way?

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-1969 1600 SR20

Do you intend to re-use the rubber seal or get new ones ?

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

mate it can be tricky getting windscreens out, they tend to crack..

if you dont want to get it done by a pro, pull the rubber seal out with screw driver and push the windscreen out using your feet sitting in the drivers and passenger seats, kinda like using the leg press machine at the gym..

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FOR SALE 1600 FIBREGLASS PARTS

got new rubbers dave

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-1969 1600 SR20

cheers mate i think ill get a mate to spot me lol

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-1969 1600 SR20

Easy then. Take out the stainless trims, and just simply cut it out.

Using a stanly knife/razor blade, run it along the glass heading outwards, pushing down on the glass, untill you feel it drop off the edge of the glass.
Then you turn it sideways, and cut along the edge of the glass, using it as a guide, and you can just cut around the whole window.
Then use a screwdriver carefully to pry it out a little bit to get your fingers in it, then ditch the screw driver, and it should pull out relatively easily.

For the rest of the seal in the body, you can pretty much just pull it out... but if your doing this for a respray, i would reccommend using a chisel to get every last bit of rubber and glue off the body. Otherwise just use a heatgun or something to make the rubber/glue gooey and get as much off by hand.

Chris

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Its all part of the experience .... if it was easy you wouldn't enjoy eventual success as much!

Yep, as above. Cut the stainless trims out, then carefully cut down till you expose the edge of the glass. Then the glass should jusy pop out (with a bit of careful pushing from inside), and the rubber strip that is left can be pulled away from the body.

If you were going to re-use the old rubbers, I'd have said to get a pro to do it.

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1970 ex Group A Rally P510
1971 P510
1972 180B SSS
1965 SP310 Fairlady
1966 SP311 Fairlady

thanks guys ill give it ago ova the w/e

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-1969 1600 SR20

thanks heaps for this tip chris i had both windows out in 15mins it was a breeze

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-1969 1600 SR20

mate the easiest way is too pull out windscreens with a rubber seal is too pull the rubber back and tuck rope in (from the inside of the car)and do this all the way except at the bottom.you dont even need to remove the stainless trimming.this way the rope holds the rubber outwards of the lip all the way around and you can push em out so easy,takes me under 4 mins a screen same way to putt them back in if your old rubbers are still good your will save a good 150-200 bucks

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68 510 - soon to be restored into a replica 68sss
69 510 - current build - L20b turbo
91 GT turbo legacy
GET THAT DATSUN DIFFERENCE!

No probs! I remember standing looking at mine for like 10 minutes figuring out how to get them out lol
Cutting it is so damn easy =)

Chris

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Its all part of the experience .... if it was easy you wouldn't enjoy eventual success as much!

the rope
easier and neater and you still got a rubber

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68 510 - soon to be restored into a replica 68sss
69 510 - current build - L20b turbo
91 GT turbo legacy
GET THAT DATSUN DIFFERENCE!