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Windscreen Corner Locking Pieces

Started by hanra , Aug 30 2011 01:00 PM

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#1 hanra

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Posted 30 August 2011 - 01:00 PM

Now the Front/Rear Windscreens have corner locking pieces that fit into the rubber, 2 on the rear 4 on the front?

I dont have these, are they available as a repro? If so, are they any good or am I better off trying to track down some 2nd ones?

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Posted 30 August 2011 - 11:37 PM

better off askin someone who has pulled a couple apart and remembered pick them
up off the ground and put them somewhere safe(and find.able),they were aluminium i think,difrent sizes on front too from memory,not that
my memory is much chop anymore.

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#3 hanra

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 07:49 AM

Thanks for your help. Hopefully someone here will have a better memory!

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#4 _UCV80_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 08:22 AM

Yeah 4 on the front and 2 on the rear, and can be purchased new. Id say it would be hard to find them in perfect nick secondhand if thats what your after.

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#5 hanra

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:13 AM

Im curious to know if the new repro items are a good correct fit?

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#6 _fatlh5000_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:57 AM

Im curious to know if the new repro items are a good correct fit?

Brad,

The repro ones dont fit as good as the original ones.

So I would suggest you try and track down a good second hand set.

They appear on EBAY quite frequently.

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#7 hanra

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 12:36 PM

Thanks for that piece of advice mate. I was thinking someone would say something like that.

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#8 _LH8VD69_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 12:50 PM

For me as I have just fitted new windscreen rubbers, chrome and corners none of them fit well to be honest and that includes the originals. It's one if them things u guess as quality control wasn't high on the list all those yrs ago..

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#9 _V6 UC_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 02:06 PM

Yep. I also fitted new rubbers and locking strips from rares. The corners is shite, the angle isn't even correct

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#10 _fatlh5000_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 04:03 PM

Yep. I also fitted new rubbers and locking strips from rares. The corners is shite, the angle isn't even correct

I haven't used them myself, but have heard from a good mate that the angles are not quite right on the repro ones.

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#11 _trna76hb_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 04:14 PM

I have rares ones also, do fit well at all.

But better than nothing, try find original ones.

Ian

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#12 _LH8VD69_

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 08:42 PM

I threw my originals in the bin

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Posted 31 August 2011 - 10:46 PM

http://www.ebay.com....=item3f0d732303

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#14 V-SLR5000-P

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 06:21 AM

Maybe with repro stuff your stacking little miss match on little miss match which ends up with the corner pieces not sitting as well as they should. You know, with the rubber not quite the correct profile and locking strip incorrect profile even original corners may not fit 100%. Just a thought.

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#15 its Paul

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Posted 01 September 2011 - 10:32 AM

I am using my original corner pieces and they don't line up correctly, I figured that these cars were mass-produced made back in the day and the quality was pretty ordinary at the best, its just a matter of us trying to rebuild our cars better than they were made in the 70's, just my thoughts.

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