I've done it and it is easy, but an extra set of hands helps. This window goes in without sealant, it is just the rubber gasket around the perimeter. Take off the external metal trim carefully. unscreww the internal metal trim. Break out the old windshield, so that you can salvage the old gasket and reuse. Try not to tear it. Then you place the gasket around the per., of the glass, get some cord abour 1/8" diameter and put it into the groove that will eventually go around the opening. The idea is to place the glass against the opening and thenpull the cord to coax the gasket lip into the opening, you work your way around the window this way. Use plenty of soapy water to help everything slip into place. Hyanes says to thump the glass in place to ensure good contact between the gasket and opening, and there is a bit of finnessing as you go, You start the cord in one of the corners. The metal trim on the outside works the same way, you use a cord along the inside edge of the gasket to pull it into the trim. Haynes Mnaual has a quite satisfactory explanation of this, and actually is a good manual for this car in general ISBN 0 85696203 1 . As far as breaking the glass, do this on a warm day in the sun, and don't bend the glass, don't use metal to try to pry anything. If you are having trouble fitting the glass reposition it a little, it moves around when it is in the gasket. Apparently you need to use a non setting sealant between the glass and rubber on the outside once the glass is installed. Good luck, I'm a hack and I did it, so there is no reason you can't.
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