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Car Forum / Mazda / Mazda Miata / July 2005small 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)? > 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)? A car or boat upholstery shop can glue and sew in a new piece of plastic (the entire window) without removing the top from the car, usually for under $100. The edges will be a little rough on the inside, but it can't be seen without crawling behind the seats with a flashlight. The outside will look perfect. My car's previous owner did it at least 8 years ago, and it's still fine. --- Lanny Chambers '94C, St. Louis http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. 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. > Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. "clothing it" should read "closing it" > 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 [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. and "silicon" should be "silicone " , "purchase" should be "purchased" :) > "clothing it" should read "closing it" > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> >>> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts. > and "silicon" should be "silicone " , "purchase" should be "purchased" > :) [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> >>>> Thank you, Lanny! I'll give it a try. > 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 >> thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Pat Errr.... make that Lanny, not Lanhy. pat > > 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 >>>Lanhy and Leon (and >>>others) were here long before me and will probably be here forever. :-) [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > '94C, St. Louis > http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html Hey, at least I didn't call you Larry like I have seen so many people do. Time will tell with Leon. :-) BTW, did you hear that they discovered a rare breed of hummingbird, (white eared), in Texas? Does that have anything to do with your upcoming trip here? Pat >> 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) I do not want to be picky, but I do seem to remember "Lanhy" is spelled "Johny-come-lately". Hard to see how you could get it so wrong: the "L" is close to the "J", but the "a" and "o" are way apart. > were here long before me and will probably be here forever. :-) Did I hear a sigh of relief? Leon  SignatureLeon van Dommelen :) Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .) rammm@dommelen.net http://www.dommelen.net/miata EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen) >>>thanks. nice to know that someone actually reads my posts. >> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Leon Well, it was sound and it brought much relief, but it wasn't a sigh that you heard. :-) Pat |
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