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Volkswagen Golf Mk7 Service & Repair Manual: Preparing new windows for installing

New Volkswagen Golf Mk7 windows are not precoated or primed — this page gives the exact preparation sequence: clean the edge over a 20 mm width with cleaning solution -D 009 401 04- before applying the adhesive bead.

  Note
  •   The area on which the adhesive bead is applied is not precoated or primed.
  •   The sealing lip is included with a new windscreen.
  •   No windows are precoated.
–  Clean all round edge of window over a width of 20 mm with cleaning solution -D 009 401 04-.
–  Then rub edge of window dry using a lint-free cloth.
  WARNING
The ceramic coating on the window is not glass or paint primer! The ceramic coating must be primed before application of adhesive sealing compound! Use only glass and paint primer D 009 200 02!
   
–  Using applicator -D 009 500 25--1-, apply glass and paint primer -2- evenly in one pass.
  Drying time approx. 10 minutes
 

Preparing new windows for installing

Preparing new windows for installing

  Note
The distance between glass/paint primer as well as adhesive bead and the outer edge of the windscreen differs in the lower area of the windscreen.
–  Up to -dimension a- = 150 mm measured from lower edge of windscreen the distance between the adhesive bead and the outer edge is -dimension b- = 6 mm.
–  From this point down to the bend the distance amounts to -dimension d- = 20 mm.
–  At half distance between dimension a and the bend -dimension c- must be 10 mm.

    Questions & answers

    Preparing new windows for installing — Volkswagen Golf Mk7

    How do I prepare a new Golf Mk7 windscreen for installation?
    Clean the bonding edge over a width of 25 mm all around with cleaning solution, apply primer if specified, and position the sealing lip. No precoating is applied to new windows.
    Is a new Golf Mk7 windscreen precoated with primer?
    No. The manual states no factory precoating is applied. The installer must prepare the bonding edge according to the adhesive manufacturer's instructions.
    Preparing old undamaged windows for fitting
    Cutting back adhesive bead   WARNING Keep bonding surface free of dirt and grease. ...

    Preparing body flange for fitting
      WARNING Keep bonding surface free of dirt and grease. Do not treat bonding surface with activator ...