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Location:
Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Japan
Registered:
January 2003
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Re: TA22 Windscreen
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Sat, 13 March 2004 15:22
 
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i personally don't see the problem of fitting it yourself...
BUT (and a big butt  )
you have to be prepared to have it break. i've fitted a few of these types of screens, and into a TA22 when i was in the US, but we used new rubbers from Toyota, they weren't that exxy at all (maybe US$100?). it will take some practice, but you'll need preferably cotton clothesline cord about 5mm thick. 2 loops each doing half (ie left or right) of windscreen...
ummm, and tap with fist
hmm, maybe is not so easy.... you CAN do it yourself, but if you are not confident with tapping your windscreen with your fist whilst someone else is pushing on it. then maybe get someone else to do it
they charge heaps because the older the glass is, the easier it is to break, and if they break, they should replace! also new windscreens are either polyurethaned in or have snazzy electric heated rubbers (at maybe 7-800 a pop!!!!  )
a few years ago i got a galant GC windscreen replaced, with new rubbers AND glass, for $320 installed.
i've used KE10 corolla rubbers from rare spares, and yeah, close but not perfect.
good luck
Cya, Stewart
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