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Post by suzieiv on Jan 3, 2012 15:43:15 GMT
I AM RESTORING A SERIES IV AND REQUIRE A NEW SCREEN SEAL. HAS ANYONE BOUGHT A GOOD/BAD ONE AND FROM WHERE? AS THESE ARE A S*D TO FIT I REALY WOULD LIKE TO BE SURE I ONLY DO THE JOB ONCE. ANY ADVISE APPRECIATED.THANK YOU, P.
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Post by sunbeammadd on Jan 4, 2012 5:08:38 GMT
I can't recommend a place to buy one as the one I fitted to my Alpine came with some spares I got with my car when I bought it. I imagine most of the Alpine specialists will stock them though.
It was a bit traumatising to fit though. I had to remove the windscreen frame from the car anyway so replaced the seal with the frame off the car. That in itself wasn't too difficult, but it unfortunately revealed rot in the bottom of the frame so it turned into a much bigger job than I expected.
I don't know off the top of my head if the seal can be replaced with the frame on the car. I expect it would be difficult getting the seal to sit correctly on the inside bottom edge due to the rake of the screen.
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Post by dodgealpine on Jan 4, 2012 18:02:09 GMT
I know most recomendations are to replace it off the car. Fortunatley my surround was good, but the seal beneath it needed replacing. These jobs always grow!
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Post by sunbeammadd on Jan 5, 2012 8:59:13 GMT
Remember too if you're doing it off the car you'll need both the screen seal and frame-to-body seal.
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Post by dodgealpine on Jan 6, 2012 20:47:19 GMT
If you decide to take the screen off, there's a couple of 7/16" AF nuts in the center of the dash. After much contortions & getting stuck upside down under the dash, I found that cutting a ring spanner down to about 3" long made the job a lot easyer.
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Post by suzieiv on Jan 10, 2012 21:36:47 GMT
My thanks to you both for your tips. The frame is removed & I shall be ordering new rubbers shortly.
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