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[Steve B]

When I get sent out to an omega I take a full set of trims just incase. They can be a pain to save and not worth the hassle

Take it your not with Autoglass 

[davieboy0312]

£175 I can get a elite screen for. Not to bad got a full set of trims to

[05omegav6]

£175 I can get a elite screen for. Not to bad got a full set of trims to

£350 odd for a genuine solar one... Plus trims, £65 or so iirc, (last bought some in 2011);

[davieboy0312]

£175 and its solar with rain sensor and a full set of trims that erm sort of fell into my van the last time a done a omega  you waiting for rain sensor window AL so you can retro fit rain sensor?

[05omegav6]

More concerned about getting this...


...fixed tbh,

But the car has a rain sensor fitted, so it might as well have the correct screen fiited... Especially if that also fixes the four foot crack in the current one

[davieboy0312]

Yep you have a massive crack there al. 

[davieboy0312]

Was it a stone? Or a stress crack?

[05omegav6]

Yep you have a massive crack there al. 

Er, thanks, I think... but ffs don't tell Stemo, or he'll be wanting some  

Not sure tbh might have tweaked summat I shouldn't have whilst working in that corner of the engine bay, but equally could have been from the idiot box... I tend to have it kind of wedged between the dash and the A post

It wasn't there when the tax ran out last July, but had appeared by September when I went to move the car to do some pre MoT work on it

Fortunately it didn't spread from the initial vertical/fork until I started using the car, so wasn't an Mot issue after all, and where it's spread, it's about in line with the top of the bonnet from the drivers seat

[VXL V6]

If it's from the corner it will be rust underneath on the base of the A pillar, if you've had the clips off to remove the scuttle and just nicked the edge of the screen with the screwdriver if can also start a crack  Or so I'm led to believe.

[terry paget]

Its definitely a push on fit before screen is fitted. You should be able on some bottom trims to separate the hard plastic inner from the rubber outer. If you can do it and push hard inner back on glass then clip rubber outer back on a bit of lube between to help err insertion

I'm learning a lot with this thread. I see the hard plastic bit and the rubber bit, but cannot see how to separate them. I can imagine the best solution would be to press the plastic strip on first, then clip the rubber onto it. Tonight i cleaned the groove and pushed it back on (assembled), but it does not seem secure. You infer seals differ ('on some bottom trims'). Should I persevere in trying to separate plastic and rubber sections?

[05omegav6]

If it's from the corner it will be rust underneath on the base of the A pillar, if you've had the clips off to remove the scuttle and just nicked the edge of the screen with the screwdriver if can also start a crack  Or so I'm led to believe.

About 4" in from the corner on the bottom edge...

Terry, the lower frame is also clipped to the side frames, as is the upper frame on genuine trims... pattern frames only being two piece not four... The rubber finisher then slots into the frame, overlapping both the glass and the scuttle/bodywork.

If you still have your scrap shell, remove the screen trim (upper and lower) and the frame should then make a bit more sense

[davieboy0312]

Some bottoms came in two pieces but I have seen a few cheaper makes coming in one piece.

http://www.partsbase.org/opel/omega-b-1994-2003-2-5-7-windscreen-moulding/

[05omegav6]

Some bottoms came in two pieces but I have seen a few cheaper makes coming in one piece.

http://www.partsbase.org/opel/omega-b-1994-2003-2-5-7-windscreen-moulding/

The earlier two piece trim was superceeded by the four piece one

[terry paget]

Following Al's advice, I removed the scuttle and screen bottom trim from the Opel ('scrap shell'). Autoglass replaced the screen on this car last year, and I watched the man do it. I took no photos, but helped where invited, had the scuttle off when he arrived and put it back afterwards, sealing it thoroughly as OOF instruction.

The bottom trim is one piece rubber, and is attached to the screen with black adhesive; it's attached to the body too, with the same adhesive. Possibly he was generous with the adhesive and it got everywhere, but I see no harm in that.

Annoying thing is that I had 2 men from Autoglass here last Saturday to make good a screen replacement they had done on Jonny's 2.2 in May, the upper trim having come loose and flapping around. This car is now here awaiting head gasket replacement. I had the scuttle off the car with the loose screen bottom seal when they arrived, and asked them to glue it back in place. They said it was a push on.

They also said the upper seal was a push in job too, pushed it back in, agreed it looked insecure, so produced a giant tube of black adhesive and glued it in.

[aaronjb]

If it's from the corner it will be rust underneath on the base of the A pillar, if you've had the clips off to remove the scuttle and just nicked the edge of the screen with the screwdriver if can also start a crack  Or so I'm led to believe.

I have that t-shirt, too