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Originally Posted by my427cobra
I had a plexi window made as a spare.
Probably get to it this summer. I'd like to cover it in convertable top material, put in a headliner and start looking at a better (more modern) rear window seal.
Cheers
Greg
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Hi Greg, With this type of Hard Top and mating glass what do you see as a modern seal?
Glue in with hot mastic? I too gave a glancing thought to this process. To do it I would have to mold in a fibreglass support lip in the inside of the hard top to accommodiate the mastic and glass. This would not be too difficult, and the more I think about it, it sounds like a good viable option.
A suitable exterior trim piece will then be needed to hide the mastic seam between the glass and hardtop which is currently about 3/8" wide. If you know of a trim piece that would work please let me/us know.
I already have fitted my glass once as a trial fit and cracked it while doing it. I'm going to have to remove it and install it again after I install a suitable headliner. I'm dreading going through the process with the double rubber channel rubber extrusion and spline lock. It is a PITA.
And for it to really seal water out properly, caulking needs to be pumped into the rubber channels after it's in place with the glass and before the spline lock is installed. Could get really messy.
It was also a time consuming process to grind down the edge of the fibreglass to create an even 3/8" gap all around between the glass to accommodiate the rubber web of the rubber extrusion. But now that it's done casting the fibreglass support lip will be a breeze.
Arthur