So when I bought my truck a few months ago I didn’t even give the windshield and second thought. I just saw what appeared to be a pretty new replaced windshield with some jacked up roof gutter trim.
I started to wonder if something was up when i found myself in one of the heaviest torrential downpours of my life. I came to the conclusion I most likely had some water getting to my ECU because it was driving terribly! That seems to be a windshield problem based on my MUD searching. It drove fine the next day.
I started looking at my windshield and it appears to have no rubber side trim and no rivets (or screws) in the holes along the A pillar. I’ve also got some surface rust on the painted part of the A pillar where the installer dug his tools into the body. The rubber trim that goes up to the roof of pretty jacked up too. Strangely I don’t really have wind noise issues.
Should I just get a rivet gun and some rivets? Is there any risk of me screwing up my windshield doing it myself? I’d probably treat the holes for rust prevention and try to do the same along the side of the windsheild.
Do the rivets secure the windshield somehow?
I started to wonder if something was up when i found myself in one of the heaviest torrential downpours of my life. I came to the conclusion I most likely had some water getting to my ECU because it was driving terribly! That seems to be a windshield problem based on my MUD searching. It drove fine the next day.
I started looking at my windshield and it appears to have no rubber side trim and no rivets (or screws) in the holes along the A pillar. I’ve also got some surface rust on the painted part of the A pillar where the installer dug his tools into the body. The rubber trim that goes up to the roof of pretty jacked up too. Strangely I don’t really have wind noise issues.
Should I just get a rivet gun and some rivets? Is there any risk of me screwing up my windshield doing it myself? I’d probably treat the holes for rust prevention and try to do the same along the side of the windsheild.
Do the rivets secure the windshield somehow?