Hi Kiwi,
Thanks very much for a comprehensive and awesome answer....! Nicely explained. I will certainly give this technique a shot and report back here. It has probably saved me a lot of time, effort and band-aids. A couple of questions on the sheet metal folding technique used on the rear windscreen, just confirming that you did that cold? Also, did you see any fracturing or was it a clean bend? It looks like it will work on our front screen for sure.
(BTW, found a link to a home-made brake that looks like it would do the job... http://www.ablett.jp/workshop_archiv...me_a_brake.htm)