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Special/New Tools/Supplies | Special/New Tools/Supplies | ||
* See [[Window Care]] for tips and tricks on taking care of your Plexiglass windows | |||
* Consider an angle grinder with stone wheel if you are going to be using McMaster seals on your doors. There is a lot of fiberglass to remove. | * Consider an angle grinder with stone wheel if you are going to be using McMaster seals on your doors. There is a lot of fiberglass to remove. | ||
* Safety wire and safety wire pliers if you don't already have them. | * Safety wire and safety wire pliers if you don't already have them. | ||
* Small syringes ([https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF2DVGDX like these]) to insert epoxy into any missing areas after binding the doors together | * Small syringes ([https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF2DVGDX like these]) to insert epoxy into any missing areas after binding the doors together | ||
* Large syringes ([https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPKPT2JB like these]) help if you are using the McMaster seals. | * Large syringes ([https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPKPT2JB like these]) help if you are using the McMaster seals. | ||
* It's nice to be able to remove and re-install the protective wrap on the windows while working on them, and you probably want to end with a nice clean protective wrap as well. Consider buying a role of [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GWCJYTV Collision Wrap]; one roll will be plenty for several coatings of all of your transparencies. | |||
* If you are using a window install method that needs deeper window pockets, consider ordering four pieces of Polypropylene Rod, 1/4" Diameter, 8 Feet Long (McMaster part 8658K51) while ordering your door seal. You can temporarily fit these into the window openings as spacers to help build up epoxy around the windows to the proper depth as shown in this photo. See also this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/23928075716886869 FB thread]. | * If you are using a window install method that needs deeper window pockets, consider ordering four pieces of Polypropylene Rod, 1/4" Diameter, 8 Feet Long (McMaster part 8658K51) while ordering your door seal. You can temporarily fit these into the window openings as spacers to help build up epoxy around the windows to the proper depth as shown in this photo. See also this [https://www.facebook.com/groups/vansrv10/posts/23928075716886869 FB thread]. | ||
[[File:2025-06-26 18.52.29.jpg|none|thumb|1/4" plastic spacers temporarily epoxied into window opening to make it easy to build up the epoxy around.]] | [[File:2025-06-26 18.52.29.jpg|none|thumb|1/4" plastic spacers temporarily epoxied into window opening to make it easy to build up the epoxy around.]] | ||