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04-12-2013, 10:00 PM
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Windlace install ??
OK, are there any tricks to installing windlace. Mine is the type that needs to slide into a track around the door opening.
I only messed with it for a minute but it sure seemed like it is going to be tough. I was thinking soapy water or a little WD-40 might help. Let me know if there are any tricks. Thanks in advance Marc
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04-12-2013, 10:41 PM
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Re: Windlace install ??
I used soapy water on one side, pushed and pulled and after what seemed like forever, finally got it all in. It made a mess and my hands were killing me. The other side I just used a flat bladed screw driver and went around pushing the rubber into the metal trim and was done in less then 10 minutes.
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04-12-2013, 11:20 PM
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Re: Windlace install ??
One of those plastic tools they sell for pushing windshield rubber in or out would work pretty well to push it in or a wide blade flat tip screw driver out of the cheap tool rack that you have rounded and smoothed the tip on to make a special tool out of it if you don't want to poke the material with a screwdriver. Start at a bottom corner and tuck a few inches of the windlace into the slot and then roll the other edge in the slot with the tool and repeat until you have it done.
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04-13-2013, 03:43 AM
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Re: Windlace install ??
Silicon spray will help a ton!
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04-13-2013, 07:20 PM
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Re: Windlace install ??
Thanks guys..like I said, I only played with it for a few minutes. Thanks for the suggestions. I will give it a try when the weather warms up..
Marc
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04-13-2013, 11:50 PM
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