Thread: RRC Windscreen Replacement - DIY

If you are replacing the screen, then taking it out is easy - it doesn't matter if you break it. Not sure if they are all the same, but it may pay to replace the seal as well. If you have a new screen and new seal, a friend to help and some patience you could do it yourself, but any windscreen fitter could do it in half the time and not charge you the earth for it. There is very little chance of messing up one of these screens.

It is not hard to install un-bonded windscreens. The trick is to use plenty of lube and be gentle with it ( No puns intended.....) Think like when you see tyre fitters mounting tyres (Again, no pun intended). They use something like a soap - dishwashing liquid is good if you have to swao tyres in the field. But I found that using something like K-Y / Wetstuff (Available in the supermarkets) worked fine on a 2 door I had, and since it's safe for rubber and water based won't harm the seal. Generally you want to massage all the surfaces of all the seal with lube ( I really should stop making these comments...) , working the bottom first ( really, really no pun intended) and dividing you efforts equally up the sides and from the centre outwards on the top. One of the things to avoid is any sort of twisting to the windscreen. A screwdriver wrapped in electrical tape is better than wooden wedges. ( Note - just to confirm you realise that you have to remove the locking strip from the rubber seal). You may have to climb onto the bonnet to get the windscreen in position, but otherwise it's only about an hours work.