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Title: Front lower windlace Post by: black57 on May 10, 2025, 02:08:06 PM Hi all,
Am I correct in understanding the the front windlace runs down the A pillar all the way to the floor? What am I not understanding about fitment? It seems the channel it goes into is only a few mm deep. Am I supposed to double up the flat section of the windlace, or trim it back? or neither? I cant imagine I am supposed to flatten this area with a mallet to pinch the windlace, it seems way to solid for that. I've got it all susd around the roof lining, its just the A pillars that have me stumped. Pinky. Title: Re: Front lower windlace Post by: Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius on May 11, 2025, 12:33:06 PM If it is the section I am thinking about, by the dash and kick panel, I just wedged the windlace tail all in there.
(https://www.streetmachine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/holden-fe-interior-768x512.jpg) Title: Re: Front lower windlace Post by: ardiesse on May 11, 2025, 01:57:41 PM Factory-made FE-FC windlace is an unequal figure 8 in cross-section, as if the material was looped over a cord and then stitched together in the "waist" of the 8. When I re-did my FC's interior, I rolled the flat section of the windlace over onto itself and hand-stitched it.
When came time to install it, I got a thin piece of hardwood of the right thickness, forced it into the slot at the top where the A-pillar meets the dash, then tapped it all the way down to expand the gap. Then I could run the windlace in, with lots of talcum powder to help it on its way. Not a job I'm looking forward to repeating on "Found Object", I must say. Rob |