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Tool Pants · 10-02-2006, 04:57 PM

Terms like OE or OEM have no set meaning.

I have had 3 windshields on the Box in the 7 plus years that I have owned it.

Thank god the windshield is not a mirror.

http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10360

I have watched several other 996/986 windshield replacements. There is no magic. It is just like any other glued-in windshield.

Ronzi's story is funny, and true. The older guys use a long handled tool thing with a blade on the end to cut the glue at the bottom. I have seen it done this way. This makes owners nervous, more so when you have an expensive leather dash like I do.

I told the installer this story when I saw him reach for a modern version of this tool thing, so he switched to a piano wire thing that cuts the glue without a blade. This ended up taking forever so I told him to use the blade. All went well.

I had never used this shop before. All I can tell you for sure is that they had done at least 1 Boxster - mine.

Picture is cutting the glue at the top and sides with yet another tool, but it will not do the bottom or bottom corners.

10-02-2006, 04:57 PM	#8
Tool Pants Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: San Jose Posts: 1,889	Terms like OE or OEM have no set meaning. I have had 3 windshields on the Box in the 7 plus years that I have owned it. Thank god the windshield is not a mirror. http://www.renntech.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10360 I have watched several other 996/986 windshield replacements. There is no magic. It is just like any other glued-in windshield. Ronzi's story is funny, and true. The older guys use a long handled tool thing with a blade on the end to cut the glue at the bottom. I have seen it done this way. This makes owners nervous, more so when you have an expensive leather dash like I do. I told the installer this story when I saw him reach for a modern version of this tool thing, so he switched to a piano wire thing that cuts the glue without a blade. This ended up taking forever so I told him to use the blade. All went well. I had never used this shop before. All I can tell you for sure is that they had done at least 1 Boxster - mine. Picture is cutting the glue at the top and sides with yet another tool, but it will not do the bottom or bottom corners.