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Got a couple of spare days , while other stuff is being sorted , so am back having a mad rush on the ute .

Got the roof insulation on and the headlining in yesterday , and the front and back screens in today , screens went in pretty easy , was expecting it to be a pain in the bum , so am happy

Going to try and get the doors sanded and buffed tomorrow and try and get them on over the weekend , fingers crossed

Lookin awesome mate!!
Cheers Muza

Looks absolutely brilliant
Gonna turn a lot of heads
Then the wagon. I'll race ya

Rusty EK wrote: ... and the front and back screens in today , screens went in pretty easy , was expecting it to be a pain in the bum , so am happy

I'm so envious!!!! I have decided to get a smaller/thinner windscreen due to the difficulties I've experienced

Anyway the ute is looking great mate. Wish you had updates every day

Thanks Muza

Gee John the rate of a crawl I have slowed down to lately , you wont have much of a race , am going to do the sedan before the wagon , she will have to sit and wait her turn

Hey Lacky , you having problems with your screens ? There is some good info on the forum about fitting them , just followed that and had no dramas .

Rusty EK wrote: Hey Lacky , you having problems with your screens ? There is some good info on the forum about fitting them , just followed that and had no dramas .

Unfortunately yes! Not sure if it is because it has been out for over a decade but when we put the chrome in the rubber, put it on the glass it wouldn't fit in the car. Even tried putting the chrome in last. We got it in eventually but it didn't sit at all well and wouldn't have been water-proof as the glass was being forced out of the rubber. After 3 weekends we decided that we would leave it up the professionals. I'll feel more confident that it will be done properly ...

Anyway this is not my thread, it's yours and I'm lovin 'it

They are a tight fit , had to give mine quite a few gentle taps to get it to slide down at the bottom , to give enough room for the top to fit in, think I just got lucky .

The last EK I built in my shop before closing used a complete rubber kit (NOT!) from a local supplier
I have been fitting window to cars for over 35 years, some original others cut down or even custom made and sometimes it is a real pain.
But fter six attempts at fitting the front scren in the EK I walked away for a short while.
Luckily I had access to another rubber from the same manufacturer to compare. What was found was a diffence in overall length of almost 25mm!
The long rubber made it impossible to get the screen to fit and all mouldings to sit correctly.
After fitting the second rubber to the glass and then the moulds it all went into place and fitted as best as we could expect it to be concidering.

Sometimes the best thing you can do is walk away for a while and have a think and a look at what is going on .

You would think from the same manufacturer they would be somewhere near the same , that extra 25mm would have made it impossible .

Have used Rares rubbers ,Have heard mixed feelings on them , but I could deal locally with them , so went this way , and so far everything is fitting good , see if I am still smiling this arvo after fitting the doors .

Anyway Frost is melting down here now , so am off to the shed

A couple of more steps closer to being a real car
Two doors and a guard , have to panel beat my other guard spear , took me most of a day to do this side one and cleanup all the clips

Man that is. COming up a treat
U must have a grin from ear to ear
Looks great

searsy wrote:Man that is. COming up a treat
U must have a grin from ear to ear
Looks great

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Bloody hell this thing looks awesome. Gotta take my hat off to you mate.

wow lookin real good mate.. Well done.

Thanks guys , slowly getting closer , got the qtr vent windows back together and in this arvo , cant find my bailey channels now for the main windows , thought I had some .

Might be back to Rares Spares again