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Technical => Exteriors and Interiors => Topic started by: MaTTe on February 05, 2010, 10:38:21 PM
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Hey fellas, i cracked one of my bubble windows today, and would like to have another one made up quick smart. I want to have the van on the road early next week, so i would like to find someone that can do the job quickly, but also well.
If you have any ideas let me know.
Also i prefer Perth/WA to save time as i'll need to use my current window as a mould.
Thanks in advance
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have PM you .....but for others check out pg 3 of my gallery ....BCJ plastics O/Park (east) 48 Edward st 9443 8600 Tim Hartung
Dano
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Buga Member AAron was making bubble windows sometime ago ....... with flyscreens even
there are some rear bubbles on ebay for 90 a pair too
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yeh aaron will still be doing them. im just not sure where his number is right now. i do have it somewhere thou
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hey fellas, i'm gonna have to go the option dano has suggested..
My window is different to most that i've seen, infact i've never seen another like it, so i'll have to use it to make a mould.
I do have ones like the ebay items on the barn doors, but it was a side window that went..
I remember a guy on here(Aaron?) saying he can do them, but i dont want to wait a week(or more) between sending it, having it made, and having it sent back..
I want to go into a shop, have it made while i wait, then take it away and fit it..
I'm so bloody demanding.. bedford withdrawls are the pits..
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hey fellas, i'm gonna have to go the option dano has suggested..
My window is different to most that i've seen, infact i've never seen another like it, so i'll have to use it to make a mould.
I do have ones like the ebay items on the barn doors, but it was a side window that went..
I remember a guy on here(Aaron?) saying he can do them, but i dont want to wait a week(or more) between sending it, having it made, and having it sent back..
I want to go into a shop, have it made while i wait, then take it away and fit it..
I'm so bloody demanding.. bedford withdrawls are the pits..
im still making them guys any shape you want and size have been selling alot latley theres still heaps of vans out there...im working on windows with faces in them now and are going to do back barn door windows with the bedy logo in them...
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Hi Aaron - check your emails mate i just PM'd you -
Mezz
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Hi Aaron - check your emails mate i just PM'd you -
Mezz
i will mez ..right now haha we might actually get to talk finaly..
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hey arron, i will probably look at getting you to make up new bubble windows all round eventually, I just want this one replaced sooner rather than later.
I do like the sound of logos in the windows tho!
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hey arron, i will probably look at getting you to make up new bubble windows all round eventually, I just want this one replaced sooner rather than later.
I do like the sound of logos in the windows tho!
not a problem id b glad to help when u r ready...yes i think the logoes will look good its about time something different was done
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hi everyone i have a lwb bedford van and im trying to hunt down a bubble window for the back of my van can anyone help me im in melb australia
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Hiya Jim,
Send a PM to Arron, a few posts up.
He does awesome bubbles and quick turnaround, great communication.
You can see them in my gallery!
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Hi guys,
I've had Aaron's famous bubble windows for ages but every time I've attempted to find some time to have them installed properly, I have kinda hit a dead end with regard to finding someone who is willing and confident to install them... A couple of panel shops just have not wanted to know me, and one place said "if you didn't get any rubbers with the windows, it just can't be done"!! Turkeys.. Anyway, does anyone have somewhere/someone they can point me to, who can cut 2 x round portholes (1 x each side) and install those as well as my 2 bubble replacements for the standard back door windows? I am in Melbourne. (Thornbury)
Wifey paid for the bubble windows, the Christmas before last (!) - (I have really dragged the chain on this!!) but it's finally time and I'd like to get it done properly.. Also, any ball park ideas on what
installation should cost me?
Your sagely advice would be warmly welcomed :-)
Cheres
Brett
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there is a place on Cheltenham road in dandenong that sells plastics and also bubble windows, they dont custom make windows but sell standard panel van ones, i am sure they do installation also. I dont have a name (sorry) but they are almost opposite the hammond road / cheltenham road t intersection.
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hey disco beddie shouldn't be that hard as you know ,I reckon 4-5 hrs max, at what ever rate. side windows mark and prep 40min, cut 30mins fit both rubbers n windows n seals +clean up 1hr. rear windows remove old windows n seals 30 min, replace rubbers windows and clean up 1hr . 1hr just cause you know it don't always go as planned,
the look on the service mans face when you mention Bedford.........Priceless ;D
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hey disco, any half baked sheet metal guy should be abl to help you. As for the rubbers, i would of thought a H rubber would solve the problem, should not take more then an hr once sides are marked out.
george
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Hey disco, bring it around and I'll set to it with the 9 inch.
when I'm done mine will be thre prettier van.
good to see the discoteque back on the rd. Did you hear my new horn the other arvo (at K).
dekmo
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hey mate, i put all my windows in with no previous experience, it's not overly hard.
You'll obviously have to cut the holes first, what you'll want to do is measure out exactly where you want them, measure twice-cut once. you can pretty much trace around the windows when you've got the spot worked out right, but you'll need the hole a few mm bigger than the edge of the window, 3-4mm should be fine, but it has to be the thickness of the rubber, the more space the better.
As for putting the windows in, kero is the key. put the rubber in a tray of kero, brush some kero on the body of the van, put the rubber onto the body, then put kero on the window and start working it into the rubber. You really want 2 people, one inside the van and one outside.. i put 4 windows in fine, but the 5th was a bit tight, so when i jumped inside to push it back flush, the window popped out and cracked (Not happy). You'll find it gets more difficult as you go, so keep applying the kero to keep things fluent.
We folded a screwdriver and ground it to a blunt point, but a really small flat blade was just as good if not better. The kero will make a big mess of the body, but dip a rag in the kero and wipe over the body and she'll be good as new.
I bought the rubbers from woodsies, i think i needed 9m and it cost about $100. anyone that stocks spectrum rubbers should be able to obtain them tho.
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ok listen up to the ole timer ere and ill show ya how its done (the easy way) first size and cut ya holes second stick some paint around the bare metal (saves the rust heartache later!!) now the magic bit fit the seal to the glass then grab some nylon rope (about 4-5 mm thick) fit that into the outer groove of the seal all the way around starting in the middle at tha bottom then sit the window in the openning with the bottom edge and one corner in thr groove apply light pressure to the outside of the glass and slowly work the rope out pushing the window into place as you go (going opposite to the corner already inserted ) this method is usually much easier to do with two people cheers Neil
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i remember helpin my brother put the windscreen in his S series valiant, when we lived in sydney years ago with exactly th same method as u descibed merlin , yep had it fitted in bout 10 minutes piece of the proverbial, cleaned the excess silicon off an with a reco,d motor we headed off round aussie to right up the top then down the guts, stopped in the alice for a month . . .lol. . left 3 years later in 88. . . . sigh th good old days ;)
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kero? are you not taking a chance with your paint job?
i worked in a window factory for over a year... ended up being the glass cutter but for the first six months i was installing the glass into the frames.
all we used was a lot of dish washing liquid and water... sort of the consistency of what you would make for a child to blow bubbles.
makes it all slippery and it pops straight in. if i had to chose i would be going merlins method with the soapy water to lubricate the insertion.
(skippy bait)
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palmolive its...
If your window rubbers are the type with the locking strip you can use a coathanger old steel one bend the corner into a teardrop ,insert it into the groove and thread the locking rubber into it
like a needle and thread.and depending on the contour of the window rubber if its possible face the lock strip inwards.
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able, kero is fine with the paint and with the rubber, woodsies recommended it infact. Didn't cause me any issues and i got it all over the place. dishwashing liquid would be fine too but i'd guess you'd want to apply it neat or more often.
The rope trick would be good, but i think it'd be better with larger windows, as with small windows the rubbers move around alot so it may or may not be more difficult.
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nah. . . not hungry ;) ;D
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Thanks for the advice fellas!!
Sorry it has taken a while to get back here and read up...who would've thought having a new bub would impede on my Bedford time?!?!
Anyway, some great advice all 'round... Mostly I guess I gotta get my hands on the rubber needed, and then get stuck in! Can't wait.
Then there's the custom carpet.. the interior lining...the disco ball....the fit out...the...the.. Ah, we love a Bedford list!!
At least the new horn sounds..well, er.. "horn":-)
Cheers again
Brett
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kero also makes old rubber a little bit softer again ;D
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Hey i'm lookin at puttin in some standard windows / sliding windows in the side of my beddy as it has none at the moment.
What stage of the build would be best to do this?
Before / After bodywork/painting/whatever?
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dont do it!!!!!!!! :'(
windowless is very rare now. ???
Resell it make more money and buy a van with windows in already please! :(
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Ok well does anyone wanna swap my van or pay $2000 for it?
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For the record, i want to put windows in because i'm planning some dicky seats in the back, and i've heard without windows in the back, visibility while driving is terrible
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mate with good mirrors you dont need side windows, i never look out my side windows, rear windows are used a little more often tho..
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What about for anyone in the back? They may appreciate looking out windows rather than sheet metal
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thats what the dvd player is for he he..
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Is pickmeup correct? Are windowless very rare? And would it be a shame to cut windows into mine?
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YEP
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One of my vans has windows down the passanger side and seats in the back and yes it does make a difference for the passangers.
If you dont want to cut the body get a side door with a window in it, that will give the rear passangers somewhere to look out of, and you can replace the solid door when you feel like it.
Having a window on the passanger side does make right turns easier.
Warren
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Is pickmeup correct? Are windowless very rare? And would it be a shame to cut windows into mine?
yes
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OK i'll consider leaving the windows out at this stage.
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contrary to what everyone else thinks i dont think the are rare but yes a little harder to get. i have 3 windowless vans right now and just sold one.
ben
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hi guys how are you all? the hole is to be 12mm bigger than the window and clark rubber standerd h pattern window rubber is to be used with my windows glad to hear the nice coments on my windows thanks.....
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Arron, full side set for Beddie Jumbo, rear not required, do you do them? ship to NZ? any idea of cost. Cheers (eg, 3 side windows each side.)
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Has anybody got any old bubble windows? Tear drops, diamonds, cats eyes etc? Will pay decently for a Chevrolet bow tie one
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Got any pic's of your work? Love to see some
Regards
Petrolhead
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Petrolhead, you saw his work in person on my van(partially)..
2 out of the 6 windows on my van are a product of Arron's hard work
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Noice, I remember in the 70's seeing a SS Hatch back Torana where the rear hatch window was a bubble window.
As for round & diamond bubble window assemblies there is a place in the States where all this and more was on the shelf inc. A Team stuff I think it was called the accessorie centre, there was a post on here somewhere about this shop
Regards
Petrolhead