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Old 06-04-2020, 09:29 AM   #6
Bob Bidonde
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When I replaced the glass in both windows of my Victoria using a non-adhesive glass setting rubber, the glasses pulled-out of the riser channels while going down. There was enough friction in the side window channels to make this happen. So my not so brilliant solution was to bend the riser channels for a more snug fit of the glass. WRONG! Both door window glasses cracked.

In disgust, I went to a glass shop with experience in fitting windows into street rods. The shop owner gave me an education about setting window glass, and he uses a setting tape material with adhesive on both sides so the glass stays put.

I also have set glass using black silicone, but I find this to be a messy technique, and the silicone squeeze-out is hard to remove from the glass.
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