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Jul 19th, 2017, 13:06 | #1 |
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Windscreen Trim
Hi folks,
Has anyone got any advise on exterior windscreen trim / weather stripping? Mine has been looking rather tatty and rusting up for a while and then the offside vertical section blew off when I was going a little too fast on the A34 the other month... I do actually have a complete set (two verticals, two corners and one horizontal) that I pulled off a 1993 car but it doesn't seem to really fit properly. My original stuff seems a little fatter, is a little textured and clearly made of something ferrous by the way it's rusting. The stuff I pulled is a little slimmer, smooth and apparently made of aluminium. It also won't push down onto the clips in the windscreen either, I could maybe slide it in but I reckon it will leave a nice long cut through the paint work too. Any ideas? Are there more than one known version of the trim? Does anyone have anything available? Cheers, James.
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Joking aside, there's a double-meaning in what i just said and two different ways of looking at it. Here's a different way of looking at getting the trim strips onto the clips and the car. Have you tried removing the clips from the bodywork, sliding them into the trim and then replacing? That way you won't get a perfectly straight scratch when you slide the trim onto the clips. You might break a few clips either way, i'm sure they're still available from Volvo for pennies though. In fact if you bought some new clips before you start, you'd probably see the easiest way of doing it. Let's face it, windscreen companies do it all day, every day, it can't be that hard or time consuming as it would add too much in labour costs for the windscreen companies and for Volvo themselves in the factory.
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Jul 21st, 2017, 12:35 | #3 |
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Thanks for the reply.
No I hadn't thought of that, for some reason I thought that the clips where half under the windscreen... I might give that a try later. Cheers!
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Jul 21st, 2017, 12:57 | #4 |
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The clips should be separate so the trim can be removed easily by a windscreen fitter to renew the screen.
Good luck with it!
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Jul 21st, 2017, 14:26 | #5 |
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So the trim clips slide off metal pins in the bodywork - do not prise them off or they will break! (whoops!) There is then a little retaining tab that needs to be gently pushed up to allow it to come off fully.
Volvo part number for the clips is: 1342004 Trim part numbers: Left hand: 6848470, 6848472, 9447827, 9447831 Top: 3536962 Right hand: 6848471, 6848473, 9447828, 9447832 Corners: 3538563 Hope that's useful.
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Jul 25th, 2017, 15:22 | #6 |
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Should just be a simple push fit. Sounds like the earlier trim is completely different with different clips. It shouldn't be too hard to find the correct stuff. I contacted Lakes when I needed a set but I ended up getting a set posted from a forum member and it saved me the journey ...£25 iirc. Someone is usually breaking one on here or ebay....
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Sep 25th, 2017, 21:09 | #7 |
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Bit of a thread resurrection, sorry. Has anyone got any advice on how to get the top windscreen trim to stay put? The clips are all in place and appear unbroken but the new trim doesn't seem to want to click firmly into place. It seems like it's fitted properly but a bit of rain and it starts lifting off the clips again. Thanks.
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Oct 3rd, 2017, 19:41 | #8 |
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Well, in case it helps anyone else, I seem to have had good success using an off-cut of plywood and a hammer to install the recalcitrant top windscreen trim.
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HOOLIGAN!!!!!
But if it works, don't knock it!
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Sep 1st, 2018, 21:59 | #10 |
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Thought I’d update this thread with my experiences in case it helps anyone else.
The plywood and hammer tactic on the windscreen trim lasted about six months. Then a perfect storm of me going a bit too fast, a truck coming the other way doing the same and our passing in the confined space under a railway bridge resulted in a spectacular explosion of black plastic. Recently I bought all three new sections of trim and some replacement clips. This time I adopted a more subtle approach. I’d advise checking carefully before installing the clips and trim how well the clips engage with the trim. The new Volvo trim is made in Taiwan, I suspect to less fine tolerances than the original and it appears that the clips only just hold and rely on the rubber coating for a friction fit. This is not as good as the definite click when the clips are attached to the original trim. Since the new trim is rubber covered metal, it can be modified slightly. I found that by carefully adjusting a pair of water pump pliers to use to squash the trim slightly from the top and bottom edges it was possible to make the groove the clips snap into a much better fit. The new trim has so far stayed in place perfectly even at motorway speeds and in the rain. |
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