Windscreen

The windscreen mounts were the first holes I drilled into my shiny new aluminum car back in 2010, before paint. Lining up the holes for windscreen mounts was a little tricky and it would be some time before I got to see if I had them right. The windscreen mounts and windscreen frame were painted gloss black at the time that the car was painted. Surprisingly the mounts fitted well with no modifications needed. I put them in finger tight so I could trial fit the windscreen. With the windscreen roughly in place, I could drill two holes in the scuttle either side for the windscreen demister. Then it was just a case of getting the rest of the family to hold the windscreen in place while I secured it inside the windscreen mounts. 

The windscreen fits fairly snugly, although there is a small gap between the bottom of the left mount and the screen which is making it hard to get the capscrew to bite into the thread. I will probably just use a longer capscrew for this. Tightening the screws damaged the paint a little on the mounts, so I will need to do a few touch ups and I will also paint all the cap screws black as well. Now its all torqued up correctly ready to be wired in. I can now fit the wiper arms onto the mounts as well.