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[Jason-87924S]

How tough is this to do? I am prepping my car to be painted and don't want the rubber to get paint on it. Also, anything else specifically to do/look out for when prepping for paint?

Thanks,

Jason

[AznDrgn]

Look into the body section for my post "removal of rear quarter glass". I basically pried mine out with a screwdriver. They are only pressed in.

[Pat]

I found the easiest route was to sit on the back seat and press the windows out using your legs (wear nice shoes though, this is a Porsche after all).

[wdb]

protect your lungs . the zinc used on the body for rust protectin is toxic,and paint dust can do serious damage to your lungs .wear a dust mask,and do the sanding and stripping outside ,so the dust does not sit around your garage for months getting stired up and into your body. also many chemical paint stripppers are neuro toxic ,all are really bad for you ,the warnings on the label are understated so as not to scare customers away. ask for a " MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET " for each chemical you use . I think a warning like this should be added to the FAQ section

[Smoothie]

Hmmmm... - And Pat, just how did you happen to find that this works?

[ This Message was edited by: Smoothie on 2002-03-13 10:35 ]

[Pat]

While parting out a '77 924 (sorry thats as exciting as the story gets)

[Smoothie]

On zinc - I used to work with a guy that used to do welding in the Navy. He said that after welding anything that was zinc coated or galvanized - drink milk. Guess that would apply to sanding and grinding the stuff too.

[Jason-87924S]

Pat...are you serious? Did you have someone standing on the outside catching?!

Jason

[Pat]

If you want to use the window again you should have someone there to catch it. But thats how I removed the back widows.

[John Brown]

Pushing the window out is surprisingly easy after you've done it once. While not required a little soapy water sprayed into the space behind the gasket lip will facilitate things. We always use the sneakered foot pushing and someone outside catching.

[marky522]

Thats how we do it in the glass buisness also!!!! A trick when you want to put it back in is string a piece of smaller rope inside the channel on the rubber on the window, hold pass both ends of the rope through the window and have someone put the window up to the opening and gently push where the rope is now slowly pull one end of the rope and you will see the lip pulling back over the metal, do that all the way around.

MArk

[ricomartinez]

Yeah. Add a little silicone lube to everything (rope, channel and inside part of window seal) and don't push too hard on the window. Then tamp in place evenly with the open palm. Presto. It's back in.