<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I initially cut some rubber sheet to make a sort of gasket to protect the scuttle paint on my TR3B.  It worked, but was way too noticeable.  I ended up cutting some tough plastic film (leftover from ski protection, based on Surlyn ionomer, but I'm sure other materials -- maybe even packaging tape -- would work OK.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XdqQGZ7/0/LTMVWzGFbRkrMbptJzksmP4NvPXptKWGpFDRNS2xq/X5/i-XdqQGZ7-X5.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-XdqQGZ7/0/LTMVWzGFbRkrMbptJzksmP4NvPXptKWGpFDRNS2xq/X5/i-XdqQGZ7-X5.jpg</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k9DtxDG/0/M7bZ9gw9DTQJcjKnNdTVj65bDvzxJGVmPzZdDbNT5/X5/i-k9DtxDG-X5.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-k9DtxDG/0/M7bZ9gw9DTQJcjKnNdTVj65bDvzxJGVmPzZdDbNT5/X5/i-k9DtxDG-X5.jpg</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gVKhBrn/0/NCkxFvCbXZxHDkHDmCNKPjVTPzJ3Fzw6rwprvxXQc/X5/i-gVKhBrn-X5.jpg" target="_blank">https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-gVKhBrn/0/NCkxFvCbXZxHDkHDmCNKPjVTPzJ3Fzw6rwprvxXQc/X5/i-gVKhBrn-X5.jpg</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">Don</div><div class="gmail_default">Santa Fe</div><div class="gmail_default">(TR3B TSF202L)</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 5, 2026 at 7:25 PM Jim Wallace <<a href="mailto:grandfatherjim@gmail.com" target="_blank">grandfatherjim@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">How do you do it without scratching the paint?<div dir="auto">Mine is the later style, held on with machine screws. </div><div dir="auto">I've got the glass in the frame, and the tenons and stanchions attached. So now there are the pieces that go against the body, and the stanchions that will cover them. I can imagine somehow holding them all together and sliding the assembly downward, but I'm sure I'd scratch the paint. I tried sticking them on the body using a bit of plumber's putty and sliding the windshield assembly backward, but it hit the wiper shafts.</div><div dir="auto">What's the trick?</div><div dir="auto">Jim</div></div>
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