Help With Wndscreen

[Guest Rallyreason]

I purchased a windscreen kit from GBS end of last year. The kit comes with the required parts, but they need altering to fit.

The windscreen supports come completely flat and require bending to follow the contour of the scuttle.

Has anyone done this successfully themselves for the Zero?

Mechanical and electrical work is not an issue for me, but bodywork and bending metal is not my thing.

 

Any help is very much appreciated.

[Guest busby]

Hi Richards gbs zero blog is very helpfull on fitting the windscreen.i bent mine in a vice with wooden blocks to the correct shape

Hope this helps

Garry

[Guest iank]

As Garry say as a vice, couple of wooden blocks , a gentle push and patience and its pretty easy to get the curve for the scuttle.

 

You will also need a slight twist in the upright to make it sit flat to the windscreen frame.

 

Again easily done by holding the upright in the vice and twisting the triangular section - gently

[sj-bradley]

Yes, I also used a vice to hold it and bend it gently with the twist to get the right shape.

 

Just a case of bend it, twist it, try it and just keep going back till it's right.

 

Simon.

[Guest Rallyreason]

Thanks for the advice.

Did you paint or powder coat once all done? Did you use self tapers or bolts for mounting uprights to screen?

[Guest busby]

Hi I used self tapper screws for the upright as supplied by gbs sorry I do not know the size,used m8 bolts to fit windscreen to scuttle, I also sprayed the uprights,hope this helps

[Guest Rallyreason]

What did you do with the windscreen frame? Did you spray this? What type of finish did you get?

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Thanks for the advice.

Did you paint or powder coat once all done? Did you use self tapers or bolts for mounting uprights to screen?

 

We drilled the screen frame and glued some dome headed bolts inside the frame and used some chrome dome nuts on the outside of the uprights to secure the screen frame to the uprights if that makes sense.

 

 

You can just see the 3 of them in this pic.

[Guest peter2b2002]

in richards vidio he used 2 bits of scaffold pipe and a ruddy great big lump hammer

worked for me on my 2B

peter2b

[Guest busby]

I left the frame aluminum I just polished it,it came up really good

[Guest iank]

My frame and supports are powder coated.

 

I've tapped the screen frame with M5 for the uprights and M3 for the press studs to hold the hood on.

 

M5 * 8 fasten the uprights to the frame, I use M3 * 6 for the press studs.

 

I would also recommend you get some thinner rubber for the frame when fitting the glass the rubber supplied by GBS is too thick (or it was when I got mine).

 

Don't cut your rubber skirt (the bit that goes under the frame over the scuttle until after you mount the windscreen, pull it tight under the uprights and use the upright to clamp it in place, then trim it. If you don't you will end up with skirt lifting at the roundest part of the scuttle. I then used the black glue to fill the gap and give it a smooth line. Make sure you have the screen correctly positioned relative to the roll bar if you intend to fit a hood before you glue it.

 

Ian

[Guest Rallyreason]

Thanks for all your replays.

[Stewart]

Thanks for all your replays.

you may of heard them before but replays,this must be a recording.

[Stewart]

My frame and supports are powder coated.

 

I've tapped the screen frame with M5 for the uprights and M3 for the press studs to hold the hood on.

 

M5 * 8 fasten the uprights to the frame, I use M3 * 6 for the press studs.

 

I would also recommend you get some thinner rubber for the frame when fitting the glass the rubber supplied by GBS is too thick (or it was when I got mine).

 

Don't cut your rubber skirt (the bit that goes under the frame over the scuttle until after you mount the windscreen, pull it tight under the uprights and use the upright to clamp it in place, then trim it. If you don't you will end up with skirt lifting at the roundest part of the scuttle. I then used the black glue to fill the gap and give it a smooth line. Make sure you have the screen correctly positioned relative to the roll bar if you intend to fit a hood before you glue it.

 

Ian

When glazing with ribbon rubber the rubber should be stretched thus making it thinner and the end fit tighter.

[Guest Rallyreason]

you may of heard them before but replays,this must be a recording.

 

Thats spell check on the Mac for you!