Thread: Removing my windshield

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I have the same windshield on my Roadster... If the windshild is installed the same as mine there is a rubber seal at the bottom that has a sealer... When I removed my windshield to repaint the car, I had no trouble getting the glue of of the paint without messing up the paint... However I think you will find that your current windshield frame mounting holes are not in the same location as the factory style frames... The measurments I have taken from mine show that the old holes will not be covered by the stock windshield frame...

Dave Brisco

Well there's a whole new problem i didn't think I'd have... Visually, it looks to me like my holes would be covered by the larger stock style stanchions, but i must admit i have not measured anything, as i don't even have the stock stanchions yet... Dave, can I ask a BIG favor? could you take some close up pics of your windshield, the base where this rubber seal is you speak of, as well and an "across" view from the side to show where your posts are monted in relation to the cowl, and whatever other windshield related pics you could provide? You can e mail them to me directly at joeybsyc@aol.com I'd be SUPER appriciative, as i read elsewhere that your car is a Kilbourne body too, so the setup should be the same. Thanks in advance... if its determined that the post holes won't be covered by stock stanchions I am definitely NOT changing the windshield right now.

Joey,

If the comparisons I made a while back are accurate the stock stansions mount slightly forward of the ridge in the cowl and the stansions like are used on our cars is lined up directly with the cowl ridge. Also there are two bolt holes used to mount the billet stansions and the lower one is only about 1/2 inch from the bottom most part of the stansion which looks to be lower that the stock stansions.

I looked at the photo you posted above and your windshield is lined up identical to the way mine is. Photos of mine will not help you much because I have already removed my windshield when I re-painted the car and remounted it using 3M black silicone and a rubber gasket so it will different from how your described yours being glued in.

I plan to change my windshield out at some point, but I will probably repaint the car or at least the cowl when I make the change. I really like the swept back windshield that Dave Mann is selling over at Roadsters.com.

If will try to shoot a few photos over the next few days to send, in the meantime there are a few shots in my CHR photo gallery that might help.

Dave Brisco

While that bums me out, I'm VERY happy i found this out BEFORE i removed the current windshield to find the holes left behind could not be covered by the stock stanchions. Like I said, just eyeballing it, it looked like the stock ones "should" cover the same footprint of the billet ones, especially since the stockers are bigger overall... but I did have a concern the holes (or at least part of them) would remian exposed... I assume the stock windshield stanchions pretty much have to go in a specific place to allow the frame to sit properly on the cowl... so if you say you checked, i believe you. Probably wouldn't have got the glued-on glass off the cowl without a major incident anyhow.


Now a new thought...I am thinking of trying to make a top header strip for the glass, to sort of "frame" the glass for a slightly less "billet" look. Anyone have any idea where i might be able to find U-shaped aluminum or stainless channel that would slip over the top of the laminated glass windshield?