Technical Uno glass

[UnoMia]

Hi Everyone & Happy New Year!

Has anyone had any experience of removing the front door window glass from a two door Uno? I want to take mine out so that I can tint the glass properly and was wondering if anyone has any tips on the removal and refitting of the glass?

Thanks in advance.

 

[FizzyNose]

Hi Ya`
Tips I don't have as it was sorta awkward for me to handle all the jiggling door/window parts. What I did do was take both doors off and disassemble one while having the other to look at for reference. Lastly, if you IM me ur email I can email you my the Haynes 83~95 manual.... fizzy

 

[oldskoolmk1unoturbo]

you tint windows with the glass in place,

if you dont you will damage the tint when you try to re-fit the glass in.

 

[jjhepburn]

Removing the glass is pretty easy (especially on the front windows). Steps:
1. Wind the window down
2. Remove the rubber seal from around the top and sides of the window (it just pulls out).
3. Remove the two rubber strips, these are a bit tricky. You need to reach in with a screw driver (I have a specially bent screwdriver for the job). There is a little track right at the bottom of the plastic part, if you reach in from above with the screw driver you can pull this track towards the middle of the door which releases it. It takes a bit of digging around until you find it, and you may wish to get a bend screwdriver like I did.

This is the point where you could fit the tint, or...

4. Remove all door handles, then remove the door card.
5. With the internals of the door exposed you will be able to see how the window attaches to the window winder mechanism. It will be one of two types.
a. A big metal bracket that can be unscrewed
b. A white plastic clip that pushes through a hole in the glass, this is a bit tricky to remove. You need to push the two tabs together and then push the clip back trough the hole in the glass. This would be easy, except the clip is on the other side of the glass...
6. Now just lift the glass out of the door at an angle.

Reassembly is the reverse of removal...

 

[alexGS]

Great guide there and I suggest applying the tint after step 3 - at that point, you have good access to the edges of the glass for trimming, so there's no real need to remove the glass or the door trim. If you are going to remove the door trim, consider buying a forked trim clip removal tool if you haven't already - much less chance of breaking clips and tearing the hardboard.

Personally I'll never try tinting windows again - what a nightmare

Every bit of dust and dirt blows in as you try to manipulate a big sheet of sticky film. Then you spend the next half hour chasing wrinkles around the glass. It might be a bit easier with the Uno (rather than my Punto) since at least there's a good chance that the windows don't have a compound curve (a curve in both directions) like the rear windows do on the Punto. Oh OK, I suppose I might try it again for the Uno, just once...

-Alex

 

[UnoMia]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the info, it's a big help! The reason for wanting to take the glass out to tint it is that I did the two rear windows myself but then I began to have a sense of humour failure by the time I did the second one! I took the car to a so called 'specialist', to do the two front windows and they made such a mess of it that the tint is now peeling off when the window is rolled down. They didn't tuck the film under the rubber seal and as a result it began to catch on the rubber when winding the glass down so much so that the tint has begun to peel off on the drivers side. If I can get that rubber seal off then I can apply the tint with the glass in the door - I just have to keep my cool when chasing all those little bubbles out!

Will post a pic of the finished job.

Andy