Please Help - Rear Window Fit Issue - Body Shop can't figure it out

[biggestballer]

Props to all that have helped along the way, down to one last issue before I can pick up my Mach from the shop. Replacement rear glass + repo molding installed but body shop says gap so far off all around that something is off and shop owner says cannot figure out what it needs. I have repo chrome trim but shop said it is too far off that as is water is going to get in. Could not find in search, Is there a step by step guide anywhere for rear window install I missed?

 

[Steve McMahan]

Hope this helps:

https://7173mustangs.com/threads/how-to-install-a-rear-window-on-a-71-73-fastback.729/

 

[Hemikiller]

Looks to me like the window is sitting to far back in the opening. The lower edge simply sits on top of the body.

I also suggest that he put loops of fishing line or dental floss around each clip to allow them to be pulled away from the body to help with installation of the molding. The repop stuff is VERY soft and any force will dent it.

 

[70cobrascj]

Looks to me like the window is sitting to far back in the opening. The lower edge simply sits on top of the body.

I also suggest that he put loops of fishing line or dental floss around each clip to allow them to be pulled away from the body to help with installation of the molding. The repop stuff is VERY soft and any force will dent it.

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[rcadd1ct]

I did my install a little different

Put the weatherstripping on the window

Clean and prep the body

Lay window in place

Use paint stirs to center the window in the opening

From inside grab the seal and work it over the lip at the center by the roof.

Once started go a little each side back and forth

Helper pushed on the window a little to keep the seal in place on the window from outside

Keep working the seal side to side until you get to the bottom

I tore my first seal trying the rope method spent hours trying.

Popped it in using the above method in 30 minutes