Plus 2 screen rubbers

[NYK]

About to have my screens fitted, have bought new rubbers, but which way round do they go?

Does the glass go into the big gap or the narrow gap. Narrow gap seems to grip the body aperture nicely, but the big gap is bigger than glass thickness, I appreciate that the filler strip will compress the rubber.

[mbell]

Narrow gap is body and wide gap is screen.

I used a seal from Sue Miller, not sure if the gap was wider than the glass but was easy to fit even as my first time doing it. The screen seems well held in with the strip fitted.

[Lotusian]

Glass in large slot. It will close up and grip the glass when you insert the ‘chrome’ strip

[NYK]

Thanks both, assumed that was the case but thought I would check. Do these screens go in easily, the fitter I have found says he has 25 years experience of fitting these older type screens but not done a Lotus from what I gathered. I imagine the Plus 2 is a bit more fragile than an old mini or whatever especially the front screen with those frail A pillars. Nice new paintwork/new headlining, new interior etc; I really wouldn’t want it ****ed up!

[Lotusian]

Follow the workshop manual. MUST fit rubber to body first, join at top, then put screen into rubber - easy!
Now the hard bit - fit the chrome filler, join at bottom. Took me hours, even with the correct tool. A nice warm environment is essential.

[p.faurie]

The rear screen, I believe should be mitred at one of the lower corners and glued/ bonded together.

[NYK]

The rear screen, I believe should be mitred at one of the lower corners and glued/ bonded together.

Do you know if the chrome filler strip is also cut and mitred?

[p.faurie]

No I don’t think so,the rear rubber on my car was mitred on both lower corners,the filler strip started and finished in the centre,mine was at the bottom,but can’t confirm if this is correct.

[NYK]

No I don’t think so,the rear rubber on my car was mitred on both lower corners,the filler strip started and finished in the centre,mine was at the bottom,but can’t confirm if this is correct.

Thanks

[wotsisname]

I think you need to mitre both lower corners of the rear seal. the second one is the tricky one as you have the lower straight part at the correct length when doing this cut. A few practice cuts are recommended.
I didn't mitre the infill it can be stretched around the corner.. need to work this on a warm day. I found it useful to pop a couple of old credit cards behind the screen when fitting, to stop you pushing the screen past the seal. The original poster for this tip wrote a pretty good description (somewhere on this site) .
Lots of soapy water helps.
PS remember to prefit the metal clips that support the parcel tray... annoying if you have to go back to it.

[mbell]

I also mitred the filler strip for my rear screen. I think (most) cars with the filler strip joining at the bottom. However I think as the strip ages it shrinks and tightens up at the corners forcing it to kind of pull out of the channel. So decided a mitre corner would likely last longer.

[NYK]

This all sounds good advice. I have fitted this type of screen in the past but having had a costly respray am nervous about paint damage. Did you both find that seating the screen into the rubber was straightforward or a bit of a struggle?

[Lotusian]

Getting the screen into the rubber is the easiest bit.

[The Veg]

I did both front and rear with no prior experience and they came out good. Nothing to fear!

[NYK]

Looks like I’ll be doing mine myself, all the feelers I’ve put out have yielded nothing. I will give it to the weekend then do it myself.