Another windshield rust battle, I think I've won. (1 Viewer)

[Travis Bickle]

So I had some pretty big bubbles above the windshield which I wasn't feeling good about. I had windshield replacement through insurance so I scheduled to have it removed and then reinstalled the next day. I also made sure they ordered all new OE trim pieces from Toyota which my insurance covered as well.

So here it is, I ground it all down and was surprised how well it cleaned up, no holes! I'm pretty happy with how the POR-15 went on, seems like it's cured pretty good now. You can barely notice the black strip above the windshield either.

 

[Kabanstva]

What is that rubber molding you added? That's not an OEM part to my best knowledge.

 

[NoVaGator]

looks familiar!

 

[hickuptruck]

Make sure you get a top coat on the POr15, or else it starts peeling off. Its UV sensitive

 

[JunkCrzr89]

Make sure you get a top coat on the POr15, or else it starts peeling off. Its UV sensitive

Yup - it’ll flake off pretty quickly, too, if subjected to a few weeks of UV.

 

[Travis Bickle]

What is that rubber molding you added? That's not an OEM part to my best knowledge.

I had called toyota and asked for all the windshield trim pieces and seals :dunno:

Maybe the glass company added it?

 

[jerryb]

looks like safelight regular upper trim. Bet they looked at the super narrow toyota upper and just tossed it in favor of a big error covering piece. Because really, who's going to look down at the vin window?
certainly not me, standing there, watching new glass being set. haha

I'll get it right the next time.

 

[NoVaGator]

that wider upper trim is better.

the toyota trim provides zero protection to the vulnerable front edge of the roof where so much of this rust starts as a result of bad chips to the leading edge

 

[Travis Bickle]

Make sure you get a top coat on the POr15, or else it starts peeling off. Its UV sensitive

Thanks for the reminder, gonna do that over the weekend

 

[ClassyJalopy]

I went through similar exercise about 9 months ago. Safelite used the wider trim on the top - which I like. I did have to fight to get the correct coated rivets installed.