Installed my windshield today
#1
...and took pics. It was a piece of cake and took less than a few hours. The hardest part was having the balls to drill into that beeotch....Leap of faith!!! 

I did take the headliner out in the cabin just to see where the holes where...and to decide on whether or not to thru-bolt the bracket or not. I ended up just using screws and coating the deck to bracket surface with a skimcoat of 4200. I think that it turned out well. I don't really like the fact that the orange stripe that runs up the deck and onto the dash is now interupted, but may get a painter to freehand the stripe on the front part of the windshield. The windshield kit came off of a 93 Top Gun that a friend used to own. I got the bracket powdercoated. It fit like a glove on my '88.
I tried to take pictures of every step..........pretty much a simple job. Pics to follow.....
Craig


I did take the headliner out in the cabin just to see where the holes where...and to decide on whether or not to thru-bolt the bracket or not. I ended up just using screws and coating the deck to bracket surface with a skimcoat of 4200. I think that it turned out well. I don't really like the fact that the orange stripe that runs up the deck and onto the dash is now interupted, but may get a painter to freehand the stripe on the front part of the windshield. The windshield kit came off of a 93 Top Gun that a friend used to own. I got the bracket powdercoated. It fit like a glove on my '88.
I tried to take pictures of every step..........pretty much a simple job. Pics to follow.....
Craig
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Last edited by OldSchool; 02-13-2011 at 06:32 PM.
#3
Pulled the old flaps off, cleaned it up, taped it up and drilled the center hole. Then I put the one screw in the bracket and marked the other holes and drilled 'em up.
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#4
Filled all of the holes with 4200, put a little on the deck and a skim coat on the bracket.....and put in the screws. The vinyl insert fits right in there to cover up the screw heads.
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#5
The last step was to put some white plastic grommets/sleeves into the windshield and then screw it to the bracket. I used allen-head machine screws. Done!
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#6
Hopefully I can find someone to match the color and paint this part of the windshield. I think that will complete it and look very nice.
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Happily retired and living in Heavens waiting room.
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