linderpat

Help - just spent $1700 for a windshield replacement thru the local Porsche dealer, and it looks like s@#*.... Is there supposed to be large gaps running down the outside of the windshield and trim? There is about a half inch gap running down each side of the outer side trim pieces. I water tested - it is tight, but it looks bad - like something is missing that should be stuffed in the gap? I did a thread search - tons of stuff, but nothing on this issue.
The windshiled is a sigla - good glass (imbedded ant). They also screwed up the wipers when they reinstalled and left the car filthy - going back first thing in the am, when the service guys are there (they outsourced it apparantly - pisses me off - figure you'd get the best job from the friggin p-car dealer, and they outsource on their site to a bunch of yahoos)

tommytomaso

mine has the same space as dos the 79 parts car...IIRC they didnt go to a flush windshield till 92?

1700................good god man i thought 480 was rediculas ( i love how even spell check dosnt know what im spelling) for an alignment.

jon928se

Ed

Without the trim there is a reasonable gap between the glass and the edge of the surrounding bodywork.

At the sides, with the trim installed there should be a gap of about 1/4" between the edge of the trim and the face of the glass ie the trim overlaps the edge of the glass but is about 1/4" away from the glass.

At the top of the screen the gap should be about 1/16" or less.

The GTS had a rubber insert to fill the gap at the sides - this can be retrofitted to other models.

linderpat

Thanks guys - I'm still going to bust their ***** over this and see what happens - just looks bad, and much wider than I recall from before...

Nicole

Can you show us a picture?

What you describe sounds normal for your model year. Some time in 1990 they started to fill that gap, and some time in 1991 they upgraded that filler to real rubber pieces that reduced wind noise further.

The latter can be added to older cars, but you should not expect to get them for free.

linderpat

as soon as I get a digital cam I'll post a pic. It's hard to believe that the cars would leave the factory with that much space around the sides of the windshield! Also, I didn't recall there being as much space before I took it in for the repair, but I didn't look either (altho I would have noticed that from the outset...)

bfellows

Does anyone have any pics of the upgraded GTS insert, or a part number?

Jim bailey - 928 International

The stock gap is about 3/8 ths of an inch ....

linderpat

that's about what mine is, maybe a tad more - that's more than 1/4"....man that sure seems big to me - why was that designed in? At high speeds, wonder if it could have some affect? I know that the coeffient of drag was decreased from the OB to the S4's and beyond, this had to be one of the areas of improvement?

Hawkeyes

You need to install the GTS weatherstripping & trim pieces. Weatherstrip is $75ea. (need 2) , trim is $40ea. (need 2).
Install is pretty simple if you pay attention to the top and bottom fitment of weatherstrip.

Here's how I did it...

Jim bailey - 928 International

WHICH IS $ 230 to fix a "problem" you never noticed before ...

Hawkeyes

Heehee...sooo true - but what a great 'enhancement' to an ugly windshield design! BTW, it also quiets wind noise at, umm, 'higher' speed.

Hawk

Nicole

What's the difference in the trim pieces betwen S4 and GTS?

JHowell37

Better yet, what are the part #s to make this change to GTS trim, and will it work for all years or just later models?

linderpat

wonder if it would work on pre-S4 models?