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Ok I'm sure this has been answered over and over.
What is the easiest and proper way to install the header molding over the top of the windshield? Do I hook it under the windshield frame first the force it forward, slide it on? I keep scratching the crap out of the paint on the frame. I don't want to bend the sh!T out of the new pieces? These are re-pops , but my originals are a pain too. I don't remember how I even got them off! I'm speaking of the chrome on top of the frame that the convertible top sits on.
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I finally got my repops on with help but they don't fit worth a [censored]. Getting originals redone.
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I cant mine are really bad, also comparing the two side by side the re-pops look exactly like the originals. I just need to know what's the easiest way to install. It looks like I have to hook them under the inside frame lip, then somehow roll, stretch ,pound or something to get them on.
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We finally got them on but the rear view mirror does not line up properly.
Engine Test Stand Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoxyUwptUcdqEb-o2ArqyiUaHW0G_C88restoring my 1968 Firebird 400 HO convertible (Firedawg) 1965 Pontiac Catalina Safari Wagon 389 TriPower (Catwagon) 1999 JD AWS LX Lawn tractor 17hp (my daily driver) 2006 Sequoia 2017 Murano (wife's car) 202? Electric car 203? 68 Firebird /w electric engine 2007 Bayliner 175 runabout /w 3.0L Mercuiser__________________________________________________________
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nobody ?
Lets pretend they are the originals.
Last edited by Pci_raid; 04/21/13 08:41 PM.
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my repops took a LOT of work to fit....hours, wish I had not thrown the old ones out when the repops appeared...fitment is not perfect (old were)...they might 'look' ok, but....anyway, even a bad set ,rechriomed , even at more money is worth it....my buddy , a restorer cussed for hiurs getting mine on...but now they 'almost' fit....and I dont know 'how' he did it ,wasnt present....and im glad ,as he might have hit me for throwing the old ones out! lol
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you do have to start by "hooking" them on the inside but leave them sticking out on the ends a little bit. you do have to kinda wrap them on. they are more flexible than you would think.
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I don't know if they retooled, but mine look almost exactly like the originals... But when attempting to install them I scratch all the paint off the windshield frame. I'd like to seal them to the frame with seam sealer.
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