Thread: Windshield Installation

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OK, I'm kicking myself for not finding this earlier. With Gibbon body, I should have known better.

I received a flush install kit for the windshield for my Gibbon '34. {See Drawing} For a flush fit, typically, you would install a universal "h"molding around the windshield, lay down a urethane bed on the pinch weld, then set the windshield so that the outside edge of the universal molding would overlap the face of the body. (It's a glass body, so it's not really a pinch weld, but you get the idea)

The only problem with this approach is that the depth from the face of the body to the pinch weld is 7/8". With a glass thickness of 1/4", that means the urethane bed needs to be at least 5/8" deep. I can't see that working. The last thing I want is urethane sealer squeezing all over everywhere.

So, now what? So far, I haven't been able to find anyone in the Virginia Beach area that will handle this. The regular car glass guys won't touch it.

Kyle did send a bunch of what looks like butyl rubber "ropes" that are about 3/8" in diameter. I think it's 3M Round Ribbon Sealer. Should I put in urethane, then a couple of widths of this stuff, then fill in with urethane - or just go find a pro?