front windshield rust on '89 golf

Sledge hammer?

Have a glass shop pull the window (for free usually), you repair the body and have them install new glass. In my experience, the window will almost always crack on its way out.

Darryl.

just went through this with an '88 GTI. Just bust out the windshield, paint the lip with POR-15 then call the glass shop to come out and put in another one. Since it's glued in, it's hard to get it out without breaking, and mine was sandblasted anyway so I didn't mind replacing it. I had to do the same to the hatch; that is easy as it's a conventional gasket.

good luck

nate