2003-04 Nissan 350Z Vehicle Type: Two-Door Hatchback
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2003-04 Nissan 350Z Vehicle Type: Two-Door Hatchback NAGS® number*: FW02348GTN. OEM part number is 72700-CD000. Installation time: 3.3 hours; front door, not shown in NAGS calculator, but at least 2.5 hours recommended; quarter glass, 1.9 hours; back glass, 3.1 hours. Technicians needed: One. Watch for: Make sure the bottom windshield moldings and back glass top and bottom moldings are fastened to the body with the clips. On the upper corner of the windshield moldings closest to the door trim, be sure to slip the corner • Three 10-millimeter bolts hold the cowling at the bottom of pieces in a forward motion to disengage these pieces away the windshield; one lies closer to the engine block and two plastic- from the drip rail and the corner clip before removing. covered ones sit on the cowl closer to the bottom of the wind- shield. Remove the two covers. Each cover is slightly different, so 2003-04 Nissan 350Z *With permission from the National Auto Glass Specifications make sure you replace them exactly the way you removed them— 2003 Edition Fall Catalog and 2003 Fall Benchmark Calculator. Contact NAGS at 800/551-4012 or visit www.nags.com. one won’t fit the other. A letter on the reverse side designates the covers. • If you use a cold knife or power tool while working on this vehicle, remove the A pillar trim panels because the windshield fits Windshield very close to the pinchweld. Remove trim panels using an installa- Removal tion stick or a panel remover. There are three fasteners: top, center • Always wear eye and hand protection when working with and about 4 inches from the bottom of the panel near the dash- glass. board. Be careful not to disturb the safety air-bag curtain. • Be sure that you have the right glass and moldings and that • Begin removing the weatherstripping from around the weath- your urethane systems are current. Windshield part number is erstrip retainer and bottom of the dash area of the A pillar by FW02348GTN. OEM part number is 72700-CD000. The molding removing the two push-in clips at the bottom. Disengage the part numbers are OEM 72752-CD000, Precision WKT F2348 and weatherstrip from the weatherstrip retainer by slipping the weath- AGC FWK2348. Retaining strip for the molding is OEM part num- erstrip in an upward motion to unhook the two clips from the ber 72725-CD000. weatherstrip retainer. Continue to pull off the weatherstrip from • Cover the front seats, the floorboards, the dash and the the top rear end of the door frame at the B pillar post to the bot- steering wheel with a clean drop cloth or disposable plastic covers. tom of the quarter-glass trim panel. To avoid tearing, be sure to pull • Remove the rearview mirror using a Torx T-15 screwdriver to the weatherstripping release the standard slip-on, slip-off mirror. in a downward • Remove the windshield-wiper nut covers using an installation motion until you reach stick or small flat-tip screwdriver. Remove the windshield-wiper the end at the quarter- nuts using a 14-millimeter wrench or socket. Disconnect the wind- glass trim panel, shield-washer hose. Push wiper arm downward so that the wiper where three push-in will break loose from the wiper post. Wipers can sometimes be clips hold the weather- hard to remove. To avoid stressing the post, use a wiper puller to strip to the body. help take the wiper off the post. • Remove the • Remove the quarter-glass beauty three-piece weather- trim. Three push-in clips on the reverse side can be released by stripping from using an installation stick or a door-panel remover. the bottom of the • Remove the eight No. 2 Phillips screws that were under the cowling. weatherstrip. These screws hold the exterior beauty trim and the • Next, remove the weatherstrip retainer. covers on the battery • Find the No. 2 Phillips screw on the rear side of the beauty and brake-fluid com- trim closest to the quarter glass and eight push-in clips on the partments. They are underside of the beauty trim at the center. Remove the screw, held down by six then use an installation stick to lift the beauty trim. Using slight push-in clips on pressure in an upward motion, disengage the beauty trim from each side. the clips. 58 AutoGlass™ • 2003–04 Field Guide 2003-04 Nissan 350Z 1 • Find the ⁄4-inch, hood and set the windshield two-way foam tape onto the old urethane. Be sure that holds the mold- the windshield is on the dry-fit ing and keeps it from mark or place an alignment making wind noise. mark on your side so you can Gently remove this easily align the windshield tape from the body when it is permanently using an installation installed. stick. If you are not • With the windshield rest- able to save the foam ing in the opening, go to the passenger side and make sure it is tape, you can use a similar foam tape, used for weatherstripping on the mark, or make a dry-fit mark. on household storm windows and doors, purchased at any hard- • After you have adjusted the passenger side to the correct set- ware store. ting, walk back to the driver side, lift the glass and place it on a • Disengage the beauty trim from the post behind the fender windshield stand or a suitable workstation. at the end of the beauty trim. • Follow the urethane manufacturer’s recommendations for • Cover the hood and fender areas closest to the bottom of installation. Verify that the urethanes and primers are up to date. the windshield with retention tape or rubber tubing. Clean the inside of the windshield using what the urethane manu- • Be sure the cutting blades are sharp. facturer recommends, following its steps. Do not touch the wind- • Remove the one-piece top molding, starting at the corner shield after cleaning it. of the windshield and pull in an upward motion 3-to-4 inches • Wear powder-free Nitrile gloves to keep from coming in con- at a time. tact with chemicals. • Take a few minutes to remove any type of contaminant from • Apply the glass prep following the urethane manufacturer’s the glass and pinchweld. This step will prevent contaminants from recommendations. Do not touch the windshield after prepping it. making contact with the urethane. • Apply the glass primer following the urethane manufacturer’s 3 • If using a cold knife, use a ⁄4-inch cold knife blade. Cut three recommendations. Do not touch the windshield after priming it. sides and use a long knife or a power tool to cut the bottom. • Using a pinchweld scraper, remove as much of the original There are gravity stops on this windshield. urethane as the urethane manufacturer recommends. Before • If trying to save the windshield, use an Equalizer with removing the old urethane, be sure there are no contaminants and an 8-inch blade. When using any power tool, use plain water to do not touch the pinchweld after you have prepped the area. lubricate the cutting area. Spray the top and sides, then make • Apply the pinchweld primer only to areas where it is needed your cuts. and follow the urethane manufacturer’s recommendations. Be • After cutting the sides and the top, place a Pumper in the sure to allow preps and primers to dry as recommended by the top center of the windshield to open the cutting area on the bot- manufacturer. tom portion of the windshield. Never use your head as a pushing • Apply a triangular bead of urethane to the same path as the device as this could result in back and neck injuries. freshly cut urethane on the pinchweld. Before cutting a V notch • Spray the bottom of the windshield at least 4-to-5 inches with a Top Notch tool, cut the tip off the nozzle with a nozzle cut- above the urethane on the glass, so that the water will flow ter. With the cut nozzle, measure to the top of the roof line and, 1 down into the urethane while you are making your final cut across adding ⁄16 of an inch higher than the roofline, make a mark on the the bottom. nozzle with a pen or marker. Notch the nozzle up to the marked • Take the windshield out of the opening using vacuum cups. line; this will give you the appropriate triangular bead. Lift the glass and place it on a windshield stand or a suitable • With the aid of vacuum cups, lift the windshield from the workstation. windshield stand or workstation. Reaching over, place your elbow on the setting pad on the hood and set the windshield on the ure- Installation thane at the mark you made during the dry fit. Lower the driver • After cutting the windshield out, remove contaminants such side of the windshield onto the urethane and line up with the dry- as dirt, moisture and other debris from the pinchweld. Clean the fit mark; it is now in place. dashboard. • The windshield is now ready to be decked. Press firmly to • Dry fit the new glass to the opening. The OEM part has ensure a good seal. marks on the windshield and the stops. If the glass does not, use • Apply the molding to the windshield. The molding part num- a grease pencil or molding hold-down tape to make bers are OEM 72752, Precision WFS2304. Be sure to line up the dry-fit marks. molding with the retaining strip molding, OEM part number • Place vacuum cups on the windshield in the appropriate loca- 72725-CD000.