DAMNIT!!!! Ok everyone here is a really stupid question but how do you get the windshield out? I was trying to take mine out and I broke it oh well I jsut want to know for further reference when I paint my other Z.

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That's not a stupid question man. I've never taken the windshield out of my ZX so I don't have any idea how to remove those damn clips that hold it in. I paid the $150 to have mine replace, plus if they screw up, it's got a warranty so they have to fix it. So if that's was a stupid question, there wouldn't be so many windshield repair shops. I've replaced the windshield on my mustang, but that was simply pulling the weatherstrip, heating the glue, and kicking it out.

 

well in that case I can tell everyone not how to do it... Don't try to pull it up with a screwdriver! I busted the whole driverside top of my windshield doin that . If anyone has any ideas let me know

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ok well I got it out and I only broke it 3 times. haha that sux but oh well I have another windsield so no worries.... DON'T USE A SCREWDRIVER. I used a razor knife and I cut off all the glue (inside the car and out) cut between the window and the body and it pushed right out! I wihs I had done that from the start

 

go buy a kit for like 20 dolars that comes with a cable like cutter you slide it trough one end get a buddy on the inside or outside and just slide it all the way around...thats how i did it...

 

The key is to get it completely separated from the frame before trying to pull or push on it.

It's glass and it doesn't bend and the glue is designed to keep the window in the frame even in the event of an accident. Think about how much force is being applied. That glue is designed to hold that glass REAL good. Without separating the glass from the glue, it will break every time. And don't use a screw driver!

 

I've tried twice to get glass out of Datsun trucks. I broke them both times after comletely removing the outter rubber seal. I guess I need that cable cutter.

 

Yup. The inner seal has enough strength to hold onto the glass enough that any prying force will flex the glass to the breaking point.

 

I watched a pro do it with a special rope saw. Made a hole in the corner and fed the rope through, then two guys sawed around the top and sides but not the bottom. Then it pushed out.