Postby Hasbeen » 23 Oct 2018 04:00
Be careful of the modern windscreen sealer that comes in a roll. Our local company use this stuff, it is like a ribbon of sticky black stuff about 3/4" by 1/4" on a roll with a waxed paper on one side.
They fitted a new windscreen to the 7 using this stuff a few years back, & it is a good system, apart from the trim. This stuff never hardens I found. A few days later I was driving home from a trip to town in the early afternoon, with the sun behind me & to the right a little. I noticed a funny shadow flashing across the bonnet, when ever the sun was in the right angle.
I suddenly realised my windscreen trim had come unstuck down the side of the screen. This section was sticking almost straight up, held to the car by the still attached top section, & waving in the breeze. I got a very dirty black hand when I reached up & grabbed it before stopping.
It was a 34 C day, & the car had been in the sun for some hours, which may have caused the thing to come soften too much. I stuck each side in with a few dollops of black Sikaflex, before taking the car out again.
No matter how much you may think you've seen it all by now, our cars always have another little trick to play on you.
Hasbeen
