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Norm is right they certainly do come both ways. I do recommend the extra cash for the 1 piecer

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Guys: This looks like a good spot to post this query. Has anyone installed a windshield using the string in the groove trick? Could one person pull it off, or does it take two? Also, what kind of sealer does one use? what do you use for cleanup, and does one seal the stainless strip as well as the glass? I'd appreciare a walk-through. I also assume that the glass goes in from the outside?..Thanks guys...Mike

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Get a helper trust me. I tried to do mine alone and it cost me 1/2 of my windshield. I used no sealer on mine. Once I put the interior trim on which pushes against the inside of the gasket it sealed up. Yes we used the string in the groove trick too.

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Ed:

Did you pull the cord (string) from the outside? ( putting windshield inside of the car?)

I believe the gasket I got from Andy B. is a 2 piece. It says to seal the center piece and it also take sthe chrome on the outside and center strip.

God Bless...John

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Its been awhile but yes I believe we did the string on the outside with the gasket on the inside. You want to be prying on the thinner piece which should be the outside piece

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I installed new glass and one piece gasket in the windshield in my Dodge truck a couple of months ago, doing it how Ed stated, set the glass and the string ( I used heavy weedeater line) in the gasket, set it all inside, and zipped the gasket out over the pinch weld. I DID have to set it myself, as I had no help around, but the one in the truck wasn't too bad as I was able to get it all stood up in the hole then wedge some cardboard between the heater ducts and the windshild to hold it out tight enough to get a start, then just had to zip it a little at a time, then go inside and bump and align as needed, then back out to zip some more, ect. Pretty easy. Joel

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Any good glass shop has access to computer generated drawings of all of the flat glass used in these old cars and trucks and can cut and smooth the edges any of the flat pieces for you. The channels are available through the glass shop in 8" lengths and they might have a source of whiskers that you can use. The rubber, try Steele and Metro Super Soft weatherstrip.

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