Rust over the Windshield..only !

Vette468

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I recently picked up my 2000Limited ..Dirt cheep..with No Rust..almost. You literally have to search for rust..its only above the windshield.. 6years Auto body doin Buy Here Pay here.. ..i know what to do..but is there a Better way to Seal the Windshield besides the Rubber Strip? ..has Anybody eliminated the rubber Strip for urathane" ? ..thanks
 
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Same issue on my '97 thanks to some previous installer giving zero F's. I discovered it a few years into ownership after scheduling a replacement. Big name company wouldn't touch it until the rust was fixed. So, I peeled back the (incorrect) rubber, used compressed air and various wire brushes to remove the chunks, and treated it with "rust converter".
My solution to avoid pulling the windshield and actually fixing the rust was to slap a wide patch of flat black vinyl across the top of the windshield/roof to keep rain/snow out. This lasted quite well for 5 years when I took it to another windshield place...it was pitted pretty badly (thanks CO!) - I made them aware of the issue and they couldn't care less. The replacement doesn't leak which is all I care about.
 
It almost seems like the paint is faded thin up there.. Whatever i do will be a permanent fix..i Love this thing..i Lost my 2003 GMC to rust.. I just replaced All the Brake kines " Deleting the ABS" ..and the extra 20 foot of Brake line" and i imagine the Fuel lines will be next...my Yota being a limited ..im sure the Flares are gonna Rust off someday
 
I recently picked up my 2000Limited ..Dirt cheep..with No Rust..almost. You literally have to search for rust..its only above the windshield.. 6years Auto body doin Buy Here Pay here.. ..i know what to do..but is there a Better way to Seal the Windshield besides the Rubber Strip? ..has Anybody eliminated the rubber Strip for urathane" ? ..thanks

I thought the urathane was under the rubber strip?
 
Just pull that weatherstripping out, it's useless. If it were me I'd rip out the windshield and treat the rust then put a new one back in.

I had a new one put in by a glass shop here and I went out of my way to specifically emphasize to the guy who booked me that I did not want any scratching due to my other 4runner with rust due to a previous butchered job somewhere else. Yes yes yes he assured me, they make sure to seal all scratches before reinstalling.

Well, a few months later when winter arrives and the first salt goes on the road, what do I see but red starting to develop. I rip out the useless weatherstripping and see scratches, bare metal and rust all along it. Not only that, but they seemed to have rested the new windshield on the metal under the cowl during install and made a bunch of scratches there without repairing. Plus they couldn't even be bothered to replace all the cowl screws.

So I went back and made them do it all over again and requested that they not put a new weatherstripping in.
 
if that can help you with an easy and quick fix which is not esthetical, but effective to stop the spreading and ''stealth''. Used it at several places around my windshield and the rear window. Around the windshield, it was not rusting enough as to have leaks already.

I cut a portion of the rubber trim at rust location

Carefully route-out the rust until I get to healthy steel and most rust humanly removable. You can use a dremel. Careful not breaking the windshield. That will create bigger holes than you tought, because the rust goes farther than you can see outside.

clean throughouly with a solvent

patch with epoxy (can use jb-weld, or any reinforced epoxy, these are the most protectant against future corrosion) and fiberglass.

Do not use putty, we don't care, we have trucks with experience and a hard life. Sand to a roughly good result and clean the area with acetone.

mask using 2" tape all around the repair area. Apply preferably epoxy primer (expensive, so do all the places at once). Let dry.

Apply basecoat.

Unmask and let dry.

Mask 0.1" outside old masked area, apply clear coat.

Let dry, apply masking tape to build your false rubber trim. Use black silicon or eurethane and form. apply with finger, remove tape and let dry.

Nobody will notice at 10 feet.

If you do all the spots at once, you'll have to buy one can of primer, epoxy, base coat (which can serve for the rest of the life of the truck for touch ups) and clear coat. Important to use a 2 part clear coat like these 2 parts can

I have spots done since 2015 in salty canada, which have not even needed a touch up since.

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