lowtina 2 Posted April 18, 2020 Hi all. I'm fitting opening rear windows from a taunus to my mk5 2 door. I've managed to get the majority in there but I have a question about the rubber hinge plugs. Has anyone messed about with 2 door opening windows?? Question is, plugs are wedge shaped and a pig to slip into the slots on the b post. When you then push the tags of the window into them, they slip straight through the slit, into the b post! If I put them on the window first, there's no way they'll go in the slot! Any ideas? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sheffieldcortinacentre 749 Posted April 18, 2020 Lube the hinge to help it slide in ooo matron! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul B 22 Posted April 19, 2020 23 hours ago, sheffieldcortinacentre said: Lube the hinge to help it slide in ooo matron! It's a few years since I did mine but I seem to remember getting the ole Vasalene out Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lowtina 2 Posted April 20, 2020 I used washing up liquid to get the rubbers into the B post. Since lube does seem to be the answer (matron), I'm going to try leaving the washing up liquid to dry, the vaselining the window into the rubbers! Thanks all, wish me luck. And sorry to all the disappointed google searchers that have ended up here! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J2S 162 Posted April 20, 2020 Try to get the rubber as cold as you can then get your ky on the metal bit of the window and insert Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D-FENS 80 Posted April 20, 2020 Washing up liquid contains salt and will cause rust on any bare metal . Read this on another post about putting a widescreen in , a lot of people use washing up liquid but someone said about the salt in it . Googled it and it evidently contains salt as a thickener otherwise it would be runny like water . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhiaMk4/5 207 Posted April 20, 2020 WD40 or something similar, l was going to suggest KYJ, just don't force it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul B 22 Posted April 20, 2020 5 hours ago, D-FENS said: Washing up liquid contains salt and will cause rust on any bare metal . Read this on another post about putting a widescreen in , a lot of people use washing up liquid but someone said about the salt in it . Googled it and it evidently contains salt as a thickener otherwise it would be runny like water . That's true. And that's why I used Vaselene. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
