Markeb01 Build Thread

[markeb01]

Best I can estimate the final polishing on the windshield trim today adds up to about 30 hours of labor on this project. If I ever have to do this again I’ll go back to a black rubber gasket!

The bad news – suffering from sporadic paralysis in my left thumb doesn’t make me a very good candidate for a polishing career. 3 different times in the polishing phase a piece got away from me and was damaged. The repairs required going back to hammer & punches, then starting over with 320 grit paper and working back to 1500. What a pain and waste of time.

The good news being – after all the hard work everything turned out 99.9% perfect. All the parts look like they just came out of a chrome tank. I even managed to polish all 4 trim caps on the buffer without having any of them snag. It still isn’t very easy taking pictures of a shine, but even in photos the trim looks pretty darn nice:







The trim is now completely finished and I already have a Precision gasket, so everything is ready to go on the truck.

Now I just need to decide whether to attempt the installation myself, or try to find a professional that can convince me they know what they’re doing. In addition to all the members that have had problems with trimmed windshield installations, my son just had a new windshield installed in our old 68 F250. Although the workers were very quick with the job, they also bent some of the trim. I’d really like to have this in before winter, so I better get started figuring out what to do.