Diy Gti Windscreen Removal

[MiniGibbo 142]

Advice please guys..?

[BlueBolt 156]

come and practise on mine

[Pugleyrich 37 1 Cars]

If you don't need the seal, cut it out with a stanley knife. If you dont need the glass, kick it out. If you need both, carefully use a chord (washing line for example) to pull it out. Loads of posts on here giving advice on that method in detail

[MiniGibbo 142]

Yeah I'd like to keep both, ill have a search thanks.

[Tom Fenton 1,536]

You use thin rope to fit not remove.

 

To remove it is a case of gentle pressure near a corner to push the glass out of the rubber. Using your foot is the usual method. I have removed many many screens this way, as long as you spread the load out they are surprisingly tough and quite difficult to crack. That said done folk are buffoons and seem to be able to bust a screen as soon as they look at it.

Never be tempted to try and lever it out with a screwdriver, that is s sure fire way to bust it.

[MiniGibbo 142]

I am a fool... #worrying

[welshpug 1,648]

get someone to help, someone gentle

[Rock Lobster 28]

I used a slightly different method and it worked a treat, I started at the middle of the screen at the top, started putting small 'levers' in the seal, a bit like when you lever out a bike tyre I guess. I did this most of the way along the top of the screen then it will ease out when apply a bit of pressure, gently does it!

 

This might not be the best way perhaps but it worked for me. You get a feel for how much pressure to apply and the first corner is a bit tricky but it will come out eventually with the screen and seal intact!