by spencerforhire » Sun Oct 07, 2012 3:51 pm
When I was cutting the Lexan for the windows in my Vega, I thought briefly about going flush, but changed my mind for a couple of reasons. One of the biggest reasons was the difficulty in finding something to use as a spacer under the glass. also I was concerned about shearing off all the little studs that the molding clips snap onto; once they're gone it's hard to find proper replacements if I wanted to go back. I also decided that by using the OEM trim it would hide all the screws in the windshield and hatch glass. With your wagon I guess all you'd be concerned with would be the windshield. I've seen Vega(and other sedans) side windows bolted on the outside, not into the stock channel and I didn't like it. Having all the screws(or rivets) exposed may add to the all-business look of a race only car, but it just didn't work for me.
Now that it's all done, I really like the look of all the shiny OEM trim; I still have to do the doors with the GT bright window trim so it will match the rest of the car. At some point when the car actually has (shiny) paint on it, I may change all the trim to matte black.
The "fleet"-
72 Vega HB Drag Car -383/'Glide/9"(9.35@146.19)(5.94@117.28 1/8th)
77 Vega Estate wagon- project(someday)will have TPI305/T-5, S-10 spindles/axles
76 Vega GT- 400/4spd/9" retired from active duty(rusty)
06 Silverado 2WD ex.cab daily
03 Silverado 2WD ex.cab (retired)
06 Haulin' 20ft enclosed car transporter
06 GMC Canyon Shop truck
07 Colorado project( 5.3 4L60e swap)
99 Saturn SL1- wife's car
01 Saturn SC2- son's project
07 Saturn Ion Redline project
and 4 more Saturn "parts cars"
Note- the very act of listing all of these has made me realize I have some kind of problem.....
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