manta windows and trim

[halley cockburn]

Hi , Too anyone who can give me advise on this one. I will been looking to get my manta coupe resprayed in the next couple of months and thought it would be better to remove the windows glass rubbers, trims round windows etc and wondered if these are difficult to remove for the body shop 

thanks

[spiney_norman]

Nope! Windscreen and rear screen are 20 minutes each max, a lot less if you've done a few before. Trick is to sit inside the car, start in the middle of the top edge and pop the rubber over the edge of the metal bit it sits over. It gets trickier round the corners, but keep going slowly and carefully (I use a blunt flat screwdriver), work down the sides of the screen and eventually you'll be able to lift the screen out. The rear quarter windows probably aren't attached anyway, they never are

[plumster]

I have taken out all the carpets, underfelt, seats, window trims, gutter trims, rubber bits round doors, set belts, and....................

I haven't got a clue how it all goes back together, I'm not joking either.

Left the car up on stands last year for this reason but intend with the help of Big Andy Rutts to put it back together before summer.

[MANTAMAN]

14 hours ago, plumster said:

I haven't got a clue how it all goes back together, I'm not joking either.

Just take a while to study each part and hold it up to the car, it will all come back to you, there are no 'trick' parts that i can think of, they all go one one way.