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vt commodore windscreen seal on vl?????
Hey all. was goin to mention this in my other thread but i deciced to start up a newie. had a look for info on jc regarding the use of diffrent windscreen seals on the vl but couldnt find anything.Ive heard of people using vt seals ,that they fit straight in. is it definatley the vt seal thats used?
When the cars goes off to the panel beaters iam allso goin to get them to take the widscreen out and treat the bit of rust thats just starting to come thru in a few small places and yer hopefully reinstalled using the vt seal.any info appreciated.
the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...
Ecotech Power
never heard of it, and honestly dont see how it would fit, and if you made it fit id imagine it would look like ****. Anything VB -VL should fit but VN onwards is a completly different seal. Im all ears though, and if you do it post some pics.
Originally Posted by alien
rb26dets vl bt1 with vt seal
1988 VL Berlina turbo 5 speed
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ml#post1446411
1987 VL SL turbo 5 speed ~STOLEN~
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ed-manual.html
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yep thats the one . thanks for that picy vl 5speed..
i rekon they just look a alot cleaner than the factory vl item. and will be definatley getting a vt seal put in when the front screen comes out.
the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...
It is a universal seal, any windscreen place will be able to do it and it should be cheaper than using a VL seal.
You will need to fill in the holes where the original moulds were fitted.
My VL looks Grandpa spec..lol
bax has some pics of his car and he used a universal seal i think ??was it vt ??
Ecotech Power
The picture has definitly changed my whole view on this. WORKGUIDE, i wanna do it to the VK, anyone know if it helps with stopping rust under the seal?
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yer looks a heap better hey... not sure bout preventing rusting? time will tell i spose
the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...
Mine used to leak before I replaced the seal, now it does not leak.
Yep Im going to be doing this. For some reason when it rains heavy my car starts leaking water from the top middle of the windscreen... THERES NO ****ING RUST!!!!!!!!!
1988 VL Berlina turbo 5 speed
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ml#post1446411
1987 VL SL turbo 5 speed ~STOLEN~
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ed-manual.html
Ecotech Power
No rust because the waters leaking right through and not causing any moisture
A new project attack
Mine leaks on the passenger floor. Lucky the ECU is wrapped in plasic lol. Might put some of that toyota windscreen black tar muck that I have into the rust holes.
Ecotech Power
May not be rust holes (at a guess oviously you have seen your car) but if where your air/con intake thing is can get blocked up with leaves on the water drain so the water leaks through the heater and down to the passenger footwell before anywhere else for some reason. Hmmm thats really hard to explain.
A new project attack
Yeah nar I wish haha. It's rust at the bottom of the windscreen and it runs down to the floor of the passenger side. This is the only bad thing about my VL at this stage. Any suggestions on a temp fix? Putty or something?
How bads the rust?
1988 VL Berlina turbo 5 speed
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ml#post1446411
1987 VL SL turbo 5 speed ~STOLEN~
http://forums.justcommodores.com.au/...ed-manual.html
A new project attack
well good enough to bog I would say, but maybe i'll need to rust convert it then sand it out, then fill...
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iam looking at bout 700$ to get the rust around my front screen repaired. this includes a new windscreen reinstalled using a vt seal and having the two holes that the standard windscreen mould use filled and repainted. i rekon thats preety good.....
the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...
How much do you reckon a place would charge to just do new windscreen with universal seal??? (i can remove my windscreen and fill the wholes myself)
This is my windscreen seal it's the universil one
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hey mate that looks good.
do you know if you had to take out the head linning to weld up the two holes used to clip the mould into? the panel beater wants to take mine out cause he thinks it mite set the linning allight wen he welds the holes up
the germans designed it, the aussies built it, the japs got it moving and the wogs got it dosing...
Ecotech Power
What are the holes, i havent pulled my seal out so i dont know what it looks like, im actually dreading taking the seal out caus i dont want to know how bad the rust is.
Also would it be worth me pulling out the seal to check the rust and then put it back in, is it much work to get back in?
The hole's are pretty small I just gave it a quick zap with the mig with some cardboard slipped in between the roof liner and the roof no need to pull the whole roof liner off although I will be doing that when I mig the holes on the roof from the roofracks and the chrome strips.
The factory seal is not much it's 2 strips of seal top and bottom with your plastic covers left and right then when thats all off you will be left with alot of black silocone around your screen piano wire is the way to go you need a freind for this, one on either side of the screen work the wire back and forth all the way round the screen
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