Re: Opening wing windows

[thescirocco@juno.com]

Dude...

The signal goes through the glass, not the wire. You mount the receiving
pad on the inside and then you align the antenna to that.

Aaron is correct, you can't drill, or cut tempered glass.

My buddy found this out the hard way, he bought a chopped down Fastback,
without the glass. Thinking he could get a complete set from a yard and
then have it cut to fit the hotrod.
Custom cut glass gets expensive...

It's a safety thing, the glass is designed to shatter, so that the
occupants aren't hit by big pieces of glass, in the event of an accident.

My buddy's '78 Scirocco came with vent windows, and he put locks on them
and never used them. I'm glad my '79 doesn't have them.

Peter

On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 17:13:21 GMT "Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>
writes:
> 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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