Was fun at the car show, lots of nice looking cars. I figure for now to just ppost a link to my FB page of the pics I took. Beat out three nice looking Mini Coopers for 1st place for Best Import!


https://www.facebook.com/davie.borch...=3&uploaded=28

 

Congrats Dave.
I looked at some of your other albums too. Lots of good work there. I may be contacting you in the coming months, about methods of replacing the windshield.

 

gotta love a car show, lots of bragging and interaction.

 

Thanks on the comments, when you are ready for the glass redo, contact me either here or via email (daverb46@yahoo.com) its not as hard as it seems, but found most glass shops, unless they do resto work, do not know how to do it.

 

hope it all works, not too computer savvy
more in the photo section with the other cars

 

Thanks Dave. I will.
None of the glass shops around here will touch it. Both my XJSes need the windshield replaced, so, I figure that I better add this to my bag of tricks too.

 

I too will have to replace the windshield in my '90 but I have not yet approached any of the local shops.

How is the windshield mounted in the XJS? Is it radically different than other cars? Are the shops afraid to do the work because the mounting method is unusual or are they just afraid because its a Jaguar?

 

They are afraid of breaking the glass. New car windshields mount differently than they did in the day of the XJS, and most glass technicians don't know how to mount old school glass. I've heard that the XJS glass mounts just like VW Beetle glass, but, never having installed glass on an old VW bug, I can't say exactly how to do it.

 

i put a new windshield in my XJS about 20yrs ago, but honestly cant remember details, but went in no problem, used a winshield black lube of some type for sealing properties.

do remember some plastic things like bondo tools and slide them along edges.

 

I believe the XJS uses a gasket. My 76 XJS12L used a gasket with locking strips. New car the windshield is bonded to the car as it is structure for the roof.

 

I put a new windscreen in mine last year. Got a nice tint/top screen from rock auto for $150. None of the glass shops would touch it.....it was actually a piece of cake. Hardest part was putting back on the stainless trim.

 

that is how it was for me, no shop knowing how to do one, IMO that is dumb they should learn. Anyhow, I found some information on UTube, and a section in the XJS book, but some things I found done a bit different worked out better for me.