Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Preparing new windows for installing

Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual / General body repairs, exterior / Glazing/window mechanism / Repair instructions / Preparing new windows for installing

Note

The area on which the adhesive bead is applied is not precoated or primed.
The sealing lip is included with a new windscreen.
No windows are precoated.

–	Clean all round edge of window over a width of 20 mm with cleaning solution -D 009 401 04-.

–	Then rub edge of window dry using a lint-free cloth.

WARNING

The ceramic coating on the window is not glass or paint primer! The ceramic coating must be primed before application of adhesive sealing compound! Use only glass and paint primer D 009 200 02!

–	Using applicator -D 009 500 25--1-, apply glass and paint primer -2- evenly in one pass.

Drying time approx. 10 minutes

Preparing new windows for installing

Note

The distance between glass/paint primer as well as adhesive bead and the outer edge of the windscreen differs in the lower area of the windscreen.

–	Up to -dimension a- = 150 mm measured from lower edge of windscreen the distance between the adhesive bead and the outer edge is -dimension b- = 6 mm.

–	From this point down to the bend the distance amounts to -dimension d- = 20 mm.

–	At half distance between dimension a and the bend -dimension c- must be 10 mm.

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