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small hole in plastic window
My wife's Miata got a small hole (poked with a ski pole) in the plastic
window. We are planning to sell the car in August, and would not want the embarrasment; the car is otherwise in mint condition. What's the cheapest way of fixing it (say, within $300)? |
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Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try.
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someone sells a window repair kit on ebay for $39 and $49 plus $10 shipping
(go figure, the same guys sells seemingly the same thing in two auctions with two prices). if you like doing projects then you might want to tackle this one. on the other hand, i recently installed a cloth top with glass window with the help of a good friend. aside from the incredible difficulty of clothing it for the first time it was easy to do, but took quite a while (8 hours including lunch and snack breaks and waiting for silicon to dry on a rain rail repair). i should have purchase a new rail rain for the $110 or so extra as it would have spared us from the work of cleaning up the old one and waiting for it to dry. the top cost under $500 and makes the car look so much better than the stock vinyl top. we did the modification that allows for the top to fold without unzipping the window yet the top has a zippered window so it looks like stock (i don't find the one piece tops to be attractive so i paid for the zippered version though i won't be using that feature). best of luck. > wrote in message oups.com... > Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. > |
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"clothing it" should read "closing it"
"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message news:BIADe.12720$xe3.8161@trndny09... > someone sells a window repair kit on ebay for $39 and $49 plus $10 > shipping (go figure, the same guys sells seemingly the same thing in two > auctions with two prices). if you like doing projects then you might want > to tackle this one. > > on the other hand, i recently installed a cloth top with glass window with > the help of a good friend. aside from the incredible difficulty of > clothing it for the first time it was easy to do, but took quite a while > (8 hours including lunch and snack breaks and waiting for silicon to dry > on a rain rail repair). i should have purchase a new rail rain for the > $110 or so extra as it would have spared us from the work of cleaning up > the old one and waiting for it to dry. the top cost under $500 and makes > the car look so much better than the stock vinyl top. we did the > modification that allows for the top to fold without unzipping the window > yet the top has a zippered window so it looks like stock (i don't find the > one piece tops to be attractive so i paid for the zippered version though > i won't be using that feature). > > best of luck. > > > wrote in message > oups.com... >> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. >> > > |
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and "silicon" should be "silicone " , "purchase" should be "purchased"
"Christopher Muto" > wrote in message newsKADe.10590$SZ3.5017@trndny02... > "clothing it" should read "closing it" > > "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message > news:BIADe.12720$xe3.8161@trndny09... >> someone sells a window repair kit on ebay for $39 and $49 plus $10 >> shipping (go figure, the same guys sells seemingly the same thing in two >> auctions with two prices). if you like doing projects then you might >> want to tackle this one. >> >> on the other hand, i recently installed a cloth top with glass window >> with the help of a good friend. aside from the incredible difficulty of >> clothing it for the first time it was easy to do, but took quite a while >> (8 hours including lunch and snack breaks and waiting for silicon to dry >> on a rain rail repair). i should have purchase a new rail rain for the >> $110 or so extra as it would have spared us from the work of cleaning up >> the old one and waiting for it to dry. the top cost under $500 and makes >> the car look so much better than the stock vinyl top. we did the >> modification that allows for the top to fold without unzipping the window >> yet the top has a zippered window so it looks like stock (i don't find >> the one piece tops to be attractive so i paid for the zippered version >> though i won't be using that feature). >> >> best of luck. >> >> > wrote in message >> oups.com... >>> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. >>> >> >> > > |
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thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts.
"Armon Tanzerian" > wrote in message news:ymVFe.20909$Eo.18832@fed1read04... > and "silicon" should be "silicone " , "purchase" should be "purchased" > > > > "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message > newsKADe.10590$SZ3.5017@trndny02... >> "clothing it" should read "closing it" >> >> "Christopher Muto" > wrote in message >> news:BIADe.12720$xe3.8161@trndny09... >>> someone sells a window repair kit on ebay for $39 and $49 plus $10 >>> shipping (go figure, the same guys sells seemingly the same thing in two >>> auctions with two prices). if you like doing projects then you might >>> want to tackle this one. >>> >>> on the other hand, i recently installed a cloth top with glass window >>> with the help of a good friend. aside from the incredible difficulty of >>> clothing it for the first time it was easy to do, but took quite a while >>> (8 hours including lunch and snack breaks and waiting for silicon to dry >>> on a rain rail repair). i should have purchase a new rail rain for the >>> $110 or so extra as it would have spared us from the work of cleaning up >>> the old one and waiting for it to dry. the top cost under $500 and >>> makes the car look so much better than the stock vinyl top. we did the >>> modification that allows for the top to fold without unzipping the >>> window yet the top has a zippered window so it looks like stock (i don't >>> find the one piece tops to be attractive so i paid for the zippered >>> version though i won't be using that feature). >>> >>> best of luck. >>> >>> > wrote in message >>> oups.com... >>>> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > |
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Christopher Muto wrote:
> thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts. Don't worry, people are still reading my drivel after 5+ years. There will always be people reading your posts here. Lanhy and Leon (and others) were here long before me and will probably be here forever. :-) Pat |
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pws wrote:
> Christopher Muto wrote: > >> thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts. > > > Don't worry, people are still reading my drivel after 5+ years. There > will always be people reading your posts here. Lanhy and Leon (and > others) were here long before me and will probably be here forever. :-) > > Pat Errr.... make that Lanny, not Lanhy. pat |
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In article >,
pws > wrote: > > Lanhy and Leon (and > > others) were here long before me and will probably be here forever. :-) > > Errr.... make that Lanny, not Lanhy. Both Lanny and Lanhy are indeed immortal. Dunno about Leon. --- Lanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html |
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