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Is drilling required to install a windscreen?

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Old 02-20-19, 09:52 AM
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Default Is drilling required to install a windscreen?

I got a used windscreen but it came with 0 instructions. Do I first have to pull out the plastic pieces in the back seat area by the speakers? Or do I drilling into them to mount the windscreen??

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6XQwqYoXdGs
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you pull them out... then put on factory ones that have a hole pre-drilled into it it's part of the installation kit.
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Originally Posted by ed21x
you pull them out... then put on factory ones that have a hole pre-drilled into it it's part of the installation kit.
Thank you! Unfortunately my used kit didn't come with anything else apart from the windscreen. Can I just order the ones with the pre dropped hole?

Also, the plastic trim pieces are impossibly tight. I used a 12 inch screw driver as well as a special trim removal tool and I couldn't get the plastic circle to pop out. Should I just put harder? I don't want to damage something.
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Not sure who made that video, but that's not how the wind deflector is supposed to be installed.. Those caps should come off (not drilled into) and then a barrel (from the installation kit) gets bolted into a threaded receiver behind it. Not sure where u found this video, but I would think those caps will eventually pop off when the deflector moves around when going over bumps, etc. Or maybe not..

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for black interior:
PT933-53100-HR Head rest receiver
PT933-53100-02 Windscreen plug

I just searched ebay, and you can get the plug for $14. The Head Receiver is around $30. So not reasonably priced, but not terrible, either.
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Originally Posted by OldLs400
Thank you! Unfortunately my used kit didn't come with anything else apart from the windscreen. Can I just order the ones with the pre dropped hole?

Also, the plastic trim pieces are impossibly tight. I used a 12 inch screw driver as well as a special trim removal tool and I couldn't get the plastic circle to pop out. Should I just put harder? I don't want to damage something.
Yeah, I would recommend just using the plastic trim removal tool and slowly prying it off from all directions until the plug comes out. It was a challenge for me also, but it will eventually come out once you manage to get something under the edge.
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