Rear Windows

[CraigW]

Wud a set of GTI rear windows, the ones that can open, be fitted onto a mk2 that doesnt have them??

Im guessing they will if you got all of the brackets etc needed to fit them

Considering doing it to my 1.4 8v.

Thanks in advance.

 

[ibiza_95]

from what i remember from a previous post its a real ball ache... but i could be wrong...


free bump anyway

 

[MarkW]

At a guess it is a real ball ache but must be easily acheivable. By the looks of things you would need front and rear brackets/hinges, the rubber, the glass and possibly the inner plastic from the B and C pillar.

You would then need someone to "unbond" your rear quarters. Could be done with someone pushing on the inside and a hot air gun I guess!

 

[CraigW]

Well if it is really going to be that big of a job i think ill just leave it.

Also with the weather the way it is just now i doubt id get a chance to do it!

 

[MarkW]

In all honesty, I think with a trusty haynes manual, a set of spanners and the right frame of mine it should only take an hour or less. I really can't see it being THAT involving, its just you need all the bits and to get the preparation right!

 

[goble]

youll need to cut out the glass with a windscreen cutting removal tool or cheese wire

 

[ibiza_95]

im sure tho it was something along the lines of welding brackets into place or something quite involving.

 

[MarkW]

im sure tho it was something along the lines of welding brackets into place or something quite involving.

Really!?!?

Do they not just bolt on? I was hoping to see whether I could swap mk2 rear windows for the mk3 cupra ones

 

[ibiza_95]

As much as i could find from a SEARCH

http://www.vagcat.com/epc/cat/se/IB/1999/238/56/4674179/
Thats all the parts youd need to do it with part numbers

and this is the old thread that was made about it a while ago
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=69413&highlight=rear+windows

I think you have to weld the hinges to the pillars or something like that if my memory serves me right... tho it is a 2 year old thread

When the guy links to 'this' im guessing it means the top picture or near enough that i found on VagCat