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Alwhite00

09-26-2018 02:35 PM

Windshield wire track trim?

Looking for the trim that covers the wires in the windshield frame. Hard plastic and it snaps into a 1/2" groove. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...30f7e13335.jpg

ph1971

09-26-2018 04:59 PM

Good luck with finding windshield bits. I have been searching for plastic trim for my Water Bonnet windshield since 2012. You may have luck at a boat salvage yard. I have a small piece that I have mailed all over the country in my search.

Redneckcustoms13

09-26-2018 07:32 PM

Is it broken or just faded?

Alwhite00

09-26-2018 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Redneckcustoms13 (Post 4651359)

Is it broken or just faded?

i removed the useless wiper motor. It was directly in my line of site while sitting. Now I have a gap where the motor was. Also, it fits pretty loose. Wouldn’t mind about a dozen feet of new stuff if I can find it.

TomZ	09-27-2018 06:27 AM

That’s a piece of unobtainium. I’ve been looking for about 20 feet of it.

A workaround is to use black silicone to fill channel. Clean the channel to remove dirt and grease, and then tape off both sides of the channel with painter’s tape. Apply the silicone, and then smooth it out onto the tape with a wet body filler spreader. Carefully pull the tape before it skins over and the job is done.

bck	09-27-2018 12:57 PM

There is a flexible rubber molding similar to the insert on rubrails that fits perfectly into the base of the windshield where the hard plastic trim used to go. I'm not sure if that is the piece you are referring to as mine didn't have any wires running through it. It was quite a few years ago so I can't tell you any detail about it, but it does exist. I think I got it from a trim manufacturer in Fla that Formula might have referred me to. It was definitely not the original manufacturer of the filler piece.

TomZ	09-27-2018 01:15 PM

I think that’s an option on the newer windshields, but the older Formula windshields use a cover that clips onto a rail that’s in the center of the frame. I had that same idea myself.

bck	09-27-2018 01:20 PM

Mine was an 86 357. No clips, just a channel it pressed into all around the base.

TomZ	09-27-2018 01:34 PM

It may work then, but the pic shown was the same piece that came out of mine. I couldn’t find anything that would fit.

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