How to Remove the Windshield on a 66 Beetle

Perhaps you are painting your classic Volkswagen Beetle and you want to remove the windshield so you can paint under the trim. Or maybe the rubber seal around the windshield has started to rot and crumble. Removing the windshield on a 1966 Beetle is not a difficult job, because the windshield is flat, small, and fairly sturdy. Still, be careful not to push the glass too hard or warp it, lest it break.

Instructions

1

Sit in the passenger seat of the Beetle. Starting at the top right corner, slip the blade of a utility knife between the rubber seal and the windshield, holding the handle of the knife as closely as possible to the windshield. Press the blade until it slices through the rubber, touching the metal frame beneath the rubber.

2

Cut the rubber seal horizontally along the entire top side of the windshield. Similarly cut the rubber seal on the left and right sides of the windshield, cutting from top to bottom.

3

Place your hands on the inside left and right sides of the windshield. Gently push the windshield out, applying pressure equally to both hands. Pivot the glass on the bottom edge where the rubber seal has not been cut. Push until the glass will stand by itself an inch or two outside the top edge, but do not push so far that it will fall out.

4

Step outside the car and carefully lift the glass away from the car and rubber seal. Pull out the old rubber seal from around the window.

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