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I know some of the shops do this similarly, but for people who haven't seen it done I thought some of you might like to see how we do flush mounted lexan in an OEM bodied car. The car had existing lexan that we removed. We are building mounting flanges for all the windows to sit on as opposed to how some shops use a rubber gasket that rarely sits flush completely around the perimeter of the window. Most factory window jambs that I have seen usually vary somewhat in height and you end up picking a gasket that averages the height/thickness and the finished result is less than perfect. The way we do it is alot of work, but the results are worth it I think.
Here are a few pics of when it came in: All the white around the edges is rubbing compound from the recent paint job.
Here are a few shots of the rear window flange mock up:
We are also doing the side windows. We will be removing the existing door window frames and replacing them with new adjustable ones that will alow the window to be tensioned against the ledge for optimum fit/closing.
Here is the side windows flange:
Inside look:
We are also fabbing up a flange for the door glass to shut against and removing the factory weatherstrip and reatainers.
Side shot:
We will post some more pics as work progresses. Everything gets powder coated and black oxide coated SS countersunk hardware. Hope y'all enjoy the pics.
Here are a few pics of when it came in: All the white around the edges is rubbing compound from the recent paint job.




Here are a few shots of the rear window flange mock up:


We are also doing the side windows. We will be removing the existing door window frames and replacing them with new adjustable ones that will alow the window to be tensioned against the ledge for optimum fit/closing.
Here is the side windows flange:

Inside look:

We are also fabbing up a flange for the door glass to shut against and removing the factory weatherstrip and reatainers.
Side shot:

We will post some more pics as work progresses. Everything gets powder coated and black oxide coated SS countersunk hardware. Hope y'all enjoy the pics.