Getting ready to install the windshield - questions

[Wisconsin_Snake]

I am getting ready to install the windshield, are the marked lines pretty accurate or should I gauge another way where to cut the slots?

If the slots are not accurate, any ideas on how to determine where to cut the slots?

I would just hate to cut the slots and find out they are too back or forward and then have to extend them.

Second, question, are the slots for the defroster good or should I implement something else like defroster bevels

Thanks.

[74proii]

Don't know about the windshield, however there were several posts about the defroster slits being completely useless. Enlarging two to think it was 1/2" , delete the third, and use the defroster bezels, not chrome as they reflect up on the windshield and cause glare.

[Wisconsin_Snake]

Originally Posted by 74proii

Don't know about the windshield, however there were several posts about the defroster slits being completely useless. Enlarging two to think it was 1/2" , delete the third, and use the defroster bezels, not chrome as they reflect up on the windshield and cause glare.

Thanks 74proii, will do the defrost vents as you mentioned.

[74proii]

From RBgray1:
Get rid of the slits!!!! They are crap!

I straightened these out with a jig and a 1/8" router bit when I originally build the car back in 1990. They didn't function worth a #%$@!

Now that I'm completely redoing the car, I'm glassing these over and installing two of the chrome defroster trims (one on each side of the dash area) that you can obtain from Finish Line.

Also, test fit your windshield and lower windshield gasket. The wiper holes on my car were drilled by CR at the factory and the passenger side wiper hole was actually a little too close to windshield that the lower windshield gasket partially covered the wiper trim. It always bugged me that the two wiper trims weren't equal spacing from the bottom of the windshield. I'm fixing that when I redo the body work by moving the pass side hole about 1/4" forward, filling the elongated portion of the hole with Fiberglass mat and resin.

If you are a detail person, the positioning of the wiper holes will bug you if they are not equal from the lower windshield gasket.

[74proii]

The full thread was "body cutouts" posted by Chestnut