RE: Opening wing windows

["Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>If I'm not mistaken, they are stuck on using an adhesive, and the signal
jumps the gap created by the glass.

Aaron
'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
'70 Bug - hibernating
'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale


-----Original Message-----
From: Ewan Hopkins [mailto:ewanhopkins@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 12:13 PM
To: aaron@makuta.com; yu129742@yorku.ca; UrGTI@aol.com
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: RE: Opening wing windows


How would you explain these mobile phone antennae you see mounted on the
front or rear screens these days - not factory fit so presumably someone has
to drill the glass for the cable.

Ewan Hopkins.


>From: "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>
>Reply-To: <aaron@makuta.com>
>To: "'Sal Guzzo'" <yu129742@yorku.ca>, <UrGTI@aol.com>
>CC: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: RE: Opening wing windows
>Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 11:49:45 -0500
>
>I assume the wing vents are tempered, like any other glass in the car.  I
>knew of a guy who was doing some interesting things to his Bug, among them
>a
>pop-out rear window.  He was trying to put hinges at the top and latches at
>the bottom.  Very creative, and pretty cool.  He ended up getting the
>hardware and attaching it with some sort of adhesive because once glass is
>tempered, you can't drill it without it shattering.
>
>Aaron
>'84 Scirocco - Woo-hoo!
>'70 Bug - hibernating
>'87 Nissan truck - Soon to be for sale
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>[mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Sal Guzzo
>Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:33 PM
>To: UrGTI@aol.com
>Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Opening wing windows
>
>
>I've thought about it.  I would need a drill bit which can drill through
>glass. I guess that will be one of the items on my "to do" list. Has anyone
>else attempted this feat.
>
>Sal
>
>
>81 Scirocco
>81 Scirocco S (with all the goodies)
>84 Rabbit (now Gti)
>84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
>67 Peugeot 404
>
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