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Rear hatch glass to frame.

944Fripp

944Fripp

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Hi all, I hope everyone is well and surviving at the moment? Car hasn't had much use of late but I did take it on a 650 mile round trip at the height of the pandemic to see a NHS customer. It didn't miss a beat and was great company. Quite nice on deserted roads too!

I'm looking to find a comany that are compitent at resealing the hatch glass to the frame. It also needs the primer paint redoing as it's chipped off in places. I've seen Paul's write up in the technical articles but simply don't have time for a DIY and I prefer to know that it's been done by someone competent. I've found a local comany in Sheffield but they don't seem too confident. I've also been trying to get Porsche Leeds Classic to help but I've called twice and haven't had a call back.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Thanks all.
 
You will need to surrender your car for a while, all the successful jobs I have read about, you need to fit the frame to the car, and then the glass to the frame.

they were build in a jig to keep them from flopping around
 
Waylander said:
they were build in a jig to keep them from flopping around
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This makes complete sense and I've seen some total disasters on rennlist and 924board where owners try to remove the old glass and bond it back on. Might be worth trying some local glasswondscreen companies? I spent a weekend with mega thin super glue and slowly dripped it in round the hatch which worked fine, resealed and watersealed the glass for a while longer.
 
I built a jig to do this took ages and put it in the skip last month when clearing out the garage
I had thoughts of doing it as a small business but I’m too busy at work.
I struggled to find anyone willing to remove the glass which is why a I took the DIY route
once the glass is out the sealing is simple as long as you have the glass in the correct position

prior to building the jig I found it was easier to do it with glass upside down so you can get the correct adhesive gap doing it on the car the weight of the glass closes the gap, it’s hard to control. I’ve done a few now

 
I must of got lucky then! I used a top notch Windscreen company in Llay (North Wales)
Who took out glass from a original hatch and then gave me the frame to strip and powercoat.

When it was done I gave them back the frame which they bonded in new screen (Lexan) to the frame whilst it was fitted to the car,

All tip top, looks good no leaks...

R
 
Was looking at Richards thread on this the other day as mine is also leaking at the top next to the left hand side hinge.

@Kongsodoken - did you fit the glass to the frame upside down then? This is an option I suppose, what glue is recommended to bond the glass to the frame after all has been cleaned up?
 
I’ve done it both ways and got good results
the issue with doing it on the car was the glass is heavy and it pushes the glue out,

When taking the glass out your going to bend the fame
re fitting upside down gives the opportunity to straighten it and bend it to the glass then lots of tape to hold in in place .... it’s more work than doing it on the car but easier to control and more accurate finished result

I removed the glass with a wire although a gas torch is easier so I’m told (this is the hard bit took me 6+hrs)
cleaned the glass and powder coated the frame

applied etch to the glass and then bonded the glass in

I used wayside adhesives they do the full kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WINDSCREEN-GLASS-SEALANT-BONDING-ADHESIVE-GLUE-CAR-/370240015556




 
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