Schroeder
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I'm attempting to make flush mount glass with stock style glass from auto city classic. The front windshield on the 2nd gen fbodys is fairly easy to make flush mount: the a-pillar skin has to get a little wider to come in to the sides of the windshield and the windshield is pushed up to meet the roof skin. Then it's propped up on the bottom. The windshield channel needs to have flat stock welded in to bring the surface of the windshield flush with the surface of the roof skin and a-pillar skins.
The question I have for the front windshield is how thick the spacer needs to be. 1/4" spacer will bring the surface of the glass flush to the surface of the roof skin and a-pillar skins. What allowance in thickness do I need to allow for urethane though? Does a good urethane installation require 1/8" thickness? Is it liquid thin between the channel and the glass itself? Does the small remaining gap between the edge of the glass and the edge of the roof and a-pillar skins then get filled with urethane?
The rear window on the car is where more questions come up. The rear window wraps around the width of the car onto the quarters. I could make the top and bottom of the glass flush by putting in a spacer between the glass and flange it sits on just like on the front. Next I'd have to make the bottom filler panel come up to meet the bottom of the windshield. This would extend onto the quarter window flange. On the outer sides of the car though the window opening and channel would have to have the channel flange cut down to bring the quarter skins in flush with the surface of the wrapped around window glass. I tried this on the old quarters before I replaced them, and it didn't look right. Almost the entire window channel in the quarters needed cut out.
Has anyone used stock glass on a 75-81 fbody to make flush mount glass on the rear of their car? If so, do you have pics and can you elaborate on the process? Im not seeing. How this can be done on the rear and am thinking I'll have to settle for a wide EPDM rubber seal to go around the perimeter of the window. I don't want to use the cheesy trim that came stock from GM.
The question I have for the front windshield is how thick the spacer needs to be. 1/4" spacer will bring the surface of the glass flush to the surface of the roof skin and a-pillar skins. What allowance in thickness do I need to allow for urethane though? Does a good urethane installation require 1/8" thickness? Is it liquid thin between the channel and the glass itself? Does the small remaining gap between the edge of the glass and the edge of the roof and a-pillar skins then get filled with urethane?
The rear window on the car is where more questions come up. The rear window wraps around the width of the car onto the quarters. I could make the top and bottom of the glass flush by putting in a spacer between the glass and flange it sits on just like on the front. Next I'd have to make the bottom filler panel come up to meet the bottom of the windshield. This would extend onto the quarter window flange. On the outer sides of the car though the window opening and channel would have to have the channel flange cut down to bring the quarter skins in flush with the surface of the wrapped around window glass. I tried this on the old quarters before I replaced them, and it didn't look right. Almost the entire window channel in the quarters needed cut out.
Has anyone used stock glass on a 75-81 fbody to make flush mount glass on the rear of their car? If so, do you have pics and can you elaborate on the process? Im not seeing. How this can be done on the rear and am thinking I'll have to settle for a wide EPDM rubber seal to go around the perimeter of the window. I don't want to use the cheesy trim that came stock from GM.