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Old 11-03-2010, 03:38 PM
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Old 11-03-2010, 04:45 PM
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What are you going to do about the rust?
 
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Old 11-03-2010, 04:52 PM
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How hard are them windows to pop out? Do you have to remove any interior bits?
 
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Old 11-03-2010, 04:57 PM
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popping them out is easy, getting them back in is still up in the air. as for the rust, it wasn't as bad as i though it would be, I just ground it off with a flap wheel and sprayed it with rust converter and painted it. it is done, but i ran out of time cause the paint won't be dry enough to put the glass in tonight
 
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oh yea you have to pull the inside panel around the alpine
 
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I have little rust thru holes I need to deal with, anybody been there done that?
 
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Old 11-04-2010, 08:51 AM
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I'm glad there weren't any holes yet but I would think if it were right on the edge where the rubber has to slide over you would have to weld them up, any where else if they were small I would try to bondo. the steel is thin and I wouldn't want to burn through it trying to weld an 1/8 inch hole or two.
 
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Old 11-04-2010, 04:51 PM
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I just patched the hole I created (by poking with my finger no less) with black silicone. Problem solved!
 
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Been there, done that. Its not a bad job to get them back in, actually pretty easy on the '95. I used POR15 putty/filler to patch the holes in mine and re-build the lip where the moulding seals.
 
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to put them back in did you pull the rubber wedge strip out, and put the rubber in then the glass in the rubber then the strip back in, or the glass into the rubber then the whole thing back in the hole?
 


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