1970 Ghia - Windshield & Rear Glass Installation:

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0:00 Hi I'm Sam with JBugs.com 0:03 Come with me while I seal the deal on putting these windows in. Window rubber seal removal 0:10 With the side windows and seals reinstalled in our last video, 0:13 we'll now get the front and rear windows put back in place. 0:17 That starts at our bench by removing the aluminum trim and seals from the original glass. 0:22 The original trim isn't made new so we carefully slide back one of the clips that conceal the joints between the two pieces, 0:29 and we try to pry the rubber and the trim back from the glass. 0:33 The trim isn't popping out to allow the rubber to come off the glass much 0:36 so we gently pry the trim away from the rubber 0:41 and we can see that it's been glued to the seal. 0:44 So, we continue pulling the trim free of the rubber until it can be removed. 0:50 With one side of the trim pulled out the other half and the seal can be slid off the rear window. 0:56 And the glass is set aside so we can pull the trim out of the seal. 1:00 Unfortunately, when we were doing this installation we didn't have the Deluxe American style seals in stock, 1:06 but we'll save the trim for the owner so that they can put the trim in later if they'd like. Window rubber seal installation 1:11 Next we'll spend a few moments cleaning up the glass, especially the edges where the new rubber seal will sit. 1:16 While we're doing that, can you take a few moments and click on the like and subscribe buttons for us? 1:20 Now we can install our new window seal 1:22 and starting with the molded seam installed at the bottom middle of the glass, 1:27 we work the seal back and forth onto the edge. 1:31 Since there is plenty of slack in the seal as we begin, installation is fairly easy at first 1:36 but as more of the seal gets worked into place, 1:39 it becomes tougher and tougher to install the rubber onto the glass. 1:43 We'll note that the rear glass is tempered and considerably stronger than the windshield 1:47 so moving it around and setting it on angles is easier to do than with the laminated windshield. Rear windshield prep 1:53 Once the seal is all in place we flip the rear window over 1:57 and we feed a piece of 18 gauge wire through the body of an old ballpoint pen with a narrow tip. 2:03 Then with the length of wire sticking out of our plastic tube 2:06 we feed the wire into the inner lip of the rubber seal near the bottom middle of the glass. 2:13 We use the tube as a guide and feeding tube to insert the wire all the way around the 2:18 groove in the seal and overlap it just past the middle of the glass. 2:24 We spray the rubber seal with silicone lubricant to help it slide in place into the body 2:28 spread it on the seal and then set the glass and rubber into the opening at the rear of the car Rear windshield installation 2:33 with the wire ends sitting inside of the car. 2:37 Some of the excess silicone is wiped up and the glass is pushed into the opening to make sure it's centered. 2:43 Inside the car, 2:45 the furthest wire is pulled across the bottom of the window to pull the rubber lip inside the car 2:50 while we push on the window from the outside. 2:53 An assistant is handy but not necessary as I'm showing here. 2:57 We pull the wire in until the wire and the lip are pulled into the upper corner of the glass. 3:03 Then the other end of the wire is pulled into the car to the bottom corner of the glass. 3:08 Outside the car, the glass is pressed into the car all the corners. 3:13 Then back inside the car, we continue pulling the wire into the car across the top. 3:20 From the opposite side, we push the glass in a bit more 3:24 and then pull the remaining bit of wire from the bottom of the corner up, 3:28 until the wire is pulled free and the entire lip of the seals inside the car. 3:33 Again outside the car, the glass is pushed into the body a bit more along with a couple of slaps. 3:40 Then we use a trim tool to pry the outer lip of the rubber out away from the window opening 3:45 so that it lays flat with the glass and we work our way all the way around the rubber seal 3:51 pressing the glass into place further as we go to ensure the glass is fully seated into the body. 3:58 A few more slaps further drive the point home and we wipe up the excess silicone and clean up the glass. Front windshield prep 4:06 The same process applies for the windshield with the seal coming off the glass much easier. 4:12 The trim is pulled out of the seal and set aside for safe keeping. 4:16 A new seal is installed onto the glass but this time we are more cautious handling the 4:21 laminated safety glass as it is very prone to cracking. 4:25 We feed our wire into the inner lip of the seal using our plastic pen body feed tube 4:30 and generously spray the seal with silicone lube. Front windshield Installation 4:35 The glass is placed into the opening of the body carefully and we follow the same 4:40 steps of pulling the wire inside while carefully pressing flat handed on the outside of the glass. 4:47 Whenever we slap the glass we use a flat hand or palm we don't want to put too much 4:51 pressure on any one area and even go so far as to remove any rings on our fingers for this process. 4:59 Once the glass is back in place the lip is pried out with the trim tool, 5:04 the wiper arms and blades are set back in place and we clean the glass in any excess silicone up. 5:12 We continue with the full cleaning of the car to remove any glue or silicone from the body 5:15 and upholstery and now we'll sit around and wait for some original front seats to come in 5:19 that the owner located so we can reupholster them to match the rear seat. 5:24 Until they come in though, thanks for watching and let us know if you have any questions in the comments below.