Wanted! tinted plastic C pillar windows
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Wanted! tinted plastic C pillar windows
Ello all, I'm after a pair of good C pillar windows for the BX - has anyone got a breaker BX with them that could give them up?
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Graeme M
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
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'c'est hydropneumatique'
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
Good luck Graeme! Your best hope is a new pair ( I remember someone here buying some from The National a couple of years ago). Very hard to remove the old dry brittle ones without shattering them ( even if most of the glue has lost contact), unless you have the sensitivity of a surgeon - I've tried several times in the French scrapyards. You need some suitably strong wire and the patience of the Dalai Lama!
Todd
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Thanks guys, RM - do you mean the garage in Lincoln?
Todao- have you removed a set before? is the glue hard stuff of soft stuff like silicone? I was hoping to saw at it and then use black tiger seal to fix them on..
Todao- have you removed a set before? is the glue hard stuff of soft stuff like silicone? I was hoping to saw at it and then use black tiger seal to fix them on..
Graeme M
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
The glue - where it remains bonded is hard. You cannot get a saw in there to do the job - maybe just a hacksaw blade though. Your best bet is some strong wire, wrapped around a couple of wooden grips like a cheese cutter and ease it very gently around the panel.
Todd
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I feel that this wouldn't work - the problem is that the central window itself has plastic crazing - it will remain non transparent after a film is applied.Or you could apply window film to them if they're unsightly??
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I want them to return to their as new condition.
Graeme M
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
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Yes mate i did, and tim is fine lolAerodynamica wrote:Thanks guys, RM - do you mean the garage in Lincoln?
Todao- have you removed a set before? is the glue hard stuff of soft stuff like silicone? I was hoping to saw at it and then use black tiger seal to fix them on..
If you do manage to get them off I will be interested as the ones on the GT are poo.
Lots of Motors, mostly semi broken....
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You could get some of the serated wire that they use to cut out windscreens, it's available from good motor factor shops, 10 or 20 mtr for about £5.
The only problem with it is, it will cut through the plastic window just as easily as it cuts through the bonding.
I did have a few of these window things some time ago, but I sold them on to members on here, there may be just one left, but not sure which side though.
The only problem with it is, it will cut through the plastic window just as easily as it cuts through the bonding.
I did have a few of these window things some time ago, but I sold them on to members on here, there may be just one left, but not sure which side though.
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Hi Ken, cheers on the advice. If you have an off side one I'd be interested! I can live with the NS on as it is since it's the lesser perished of the two AND because I've made the OS one even worse in my efforts to 'do it up'
Graeme M
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'
CX 2400 Pallas LPG
2CV6 dolly (SORNed)
Mk1 Xantia 1.9TD SX
'c'est hydropneumatique'