the present invention generally relates to the mounting of windows in a frame , particularly to the mounting of windows of a vehicle , e . g . an automobile , in the body frame work . the invention provides a method for manufacturing a window ready to be mounted comprising , along its edges , a first profiled bead of adhesive material , already cured and having the general cross section of a u - profile . this first bead is elastic but not plastically deformable . the first bead comprises in its interior a second bead of plastically deformable not yet cured adhesive material consisting of a substance chemically compatible to the material of the first bead . the second bead , serving as the real adhesive material , is protected from environmental influences e . g . by covering it by a protection foil which is removed just prior to mounting the window .