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If you may be wondering how to install a 57 Chevy windshield, you have come to the right place. The 1957 Chevy is a great classic car. It is one of the best cars to restore. It is pretty simple mechanically but their are some exterior elements that are not so simple. The 1957 Chevy had a reshaped windshield that differed from the 1955 model.

It is therefore very important to make sure that during the installation process, due care is imposed in order not to damage or cause tints to this one of the best American classic cars that still exist today.

Time Allotment: 10-15mins.

Cost: $15-$20

Materials Needed:

1. Twine – 1/16 in diameter
2. Rubber Moulding
3. Liquid Soap – 2 parts
4. Water – 1 part
5. Plastic Thin Tool
6. Tape
7. Small Container

The following are the steps on how to install a 57 chevy windshield:

1. Grab yourself of a very strong twine which has a diameter of 1/16.

2. Put the rubber moulding just around the windshield.

3. Place the 1/16 in diameter of twine right inside the groove of the moulding.

4. Make sure that you have about 2 inches of the twine overlapped to ensure that the twine stays inside the groove.

5. To make it a little bit secured get a tape, however, always put to mind not to cover the whole groove itself.

6. In a small container, mix 2 parts of liquid soap with one part of water. Always remember, the ratio is 2:1.

7. Then, with the use of the mixture lubricate the rubber moulding as well as the lip where the rubber moulding fits itself to the car.

8. Ask a help of your neighbor or a friend to help you out carry the glass and place it right against the car.

9. It’s now time, to ask your assistants to help you out in putting pressure unto the glass.

10. Then, get inside the car and slowly pull the twine off in order to pull the rubber off from the lip of the car.

11. Once the moulding pops off the twine, with care place the twine back on the lip with the use of a plastic thin tool. If you can’t find any plastic thin tool, you can make one yourself with the use of anything made out of plastic.

12. Just continue to pull the twine until such time that the moulding itself has been put into the lip of the car.

13. Never let go of the other end of the twine, since this part of the twine should remain in place while the other end is being pulled.

Viola! How to install a 57 chevy windshield has never been this easy!

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