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| | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 232 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 232 | I had new glass installed into my frames yesterday and plan to install them today. Any tips or hints? It been almost 4 years since I removed them. I dont want to scratch up the new paint on the window frames. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 | Hey Shane. Beautiful truck! I can't wait to get mine to that stage.
As far as your window frames go, I think I'd put some type of tape over the painted frames before I installed them. I've got a roll of 1" black masking tape of some sort that would be perfect for what you're doing. It's not overly sticky, more like a strong "sticky note", so it adheres well to whatever I'm putting it on but it also comes off very easily and cleanly. I've never had it pull paint off of anything. Unfortunately, I have no idea where I got it, but I'd try Home Depot or Lowe's. It looks just like masking tape, only black. Less sticky even than regular masking tape.
Good luck.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Blue painter's tape would work well for that also. As a general rule the window will drop into the door cavity with the "bottom" of the window facing the front of the door. Once it's in past the door frame it can be turned to the correct orientation in the window channels & fastened to the regulator.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 197 | Good point Tiny. Don't know why I didn' think of the blue painter's tape. I guess I'd call the tape I was describing as "black" painter's tape.
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 232 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 232 | Update, I got the windows in and they look great. I found that it was easier to put them in from the bottom. I also foung out it was easier without the tape, the window would not side easily inside the new window channel. This just seemed to work better for me.
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