I have completed this and it turns out to be a durable job and the glass is very tightly bound to the cloth. If there is an interest, I can post photos.

 

I would love to see pics, as I need to do this repair. My '06 window is starting to come free, and all the local shops will only replace the entire top - not re-glue the glass. I guess there's no money in that type of repair.

Were you able to eliminate the telltale glue from showing on the edge of the window opening?

 

I put masking tape on the glass before gluing. you can tell where the old glue stopped. I then pulled the kasking off before the new glue completely dried. I finally just carefully ran a single edge razor blade along the edge if the top and carefully scrapped off the remainder.

 

Getting ready to repair my 2006, 18k miles. The driver side edge and the top seam is starting to separate. The top seam has a fold in the canvas that has seperated. Are you gluing this folded seam together in addition to gluing to the glass?

 

Did did you see the pictures I posted?

 

Your photos would be greatly appreciated. I’m getting ready to repair my 2006 ( 18k mi.) as the Seam at top of glass has released about half way about a 1/4” and the driver side of glass has fully released along the side. The bottom appears to be fully adhered. I’ve been reading every post on repairs. I’ve noticed the seam has about a 1/2” fold of top cloth all around the window and it appears that fold is glued together and then glued to the glass from the factory. On mine that folded seam failed completely first causing the glass to lose tension with the top glass, this allowed the glass to bounce excessively when driving causing the cloth directly attached to glass to start pulling away. The more I drove the more I saw this seem releasing from the glass. It appears that the internal support fold of cloth is critical to maintaining the integrity of the cloth to glass adhesion.
My plan is to first clean the glass and cloth back to the point that it’s still adhered. With top completely loose glue the bottom of the fold in place using small wood clamps to apply pressure directly on the glass and cloth pinching just the bottom side of the folded cloth onto the glass. After this is completely dry then go back and apply glue to the inside of the folded cloth again using wood clamps to apply pressure to the folded seam and glass. That’s the plan, I’ll take pictures of the technique and progress.
Any input would be greatly appreciated.

 

I'll give it another try. The photos loaded before but seem to have vanished. Before I start, I'll see if this note gets recorded.

 

Thanks will the pics appear in this thread or elsewhere on the site?

 

I tried to do the job with adhesive several times and it would eventually fail. I decided to try attaching a permanent slot for the glass to slide into and then find it in.

Purchase at Lowe's


Cut two 4 inches long and 1 31 inches long.

Next is to drill uniformly spaced holes. I drilled two holes to start with and marked the board underneath with a marker. Drill a hole, move the part until you see a black for, drill another.

You end up with this. Prime the glass as well...both sides all the way around.

Important to prime the inside where the glass will fit.

With double side Gorilla tape on one side. These 4" piece will be used on the sides. I used paper clips to slide it in please while I sewed it in with a hand awl. The 31 inc inc piece is for the top edge of the glass.

Shown are clips holding adhesive backed plastic to cloth top.

Sewing plastic to cloth top. Notice black black clip under my thumb. YouTube has videos onh use an awl. I used a waxed thread for 60% or so of the job. Didn't like this like I thought. Switched to a finer dinier thread from Coats and Clark. Plan to redo initial sewing soon. Not looking forward to that.

 

More later. I maxed out on uploads allowed.

 

[QUOTE=Betty's crossfire;944976]I tried to do the job with adhesive several times and it would eventually fail. I decided to try attaching a permanent slot for the glass to slide into and then find it in.

that’s a great idea do you have pics of the finished look from inside and outside? Did the stitching show on the outside? I was planning on trying glue first, but this looks Like a permanent Fix.

 

Look forward to other photos

 

how did you do this and what glue did you use happening to my 2005 crossfire