cracked windshield
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Explicit_Spade
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Get the HUD glass.
Scottydoggs
Killa Bee
most glass shops sell used windshields too, i got one for my truck for bout 125 installed some time ago.
Abrasive
I say it with pictures
1) Like I said, prices vary around the nation.
2) Friborage's 2008 takes a completely different windshield, apples to oranges, but probably still close.
3) Almost no dealership does their own glass, they just sublet it out to a glass shop anyway and mark it up... so you could have probably got it even cheaper.
4) Used windshields can be dangerous and a lot shops won't install them because they can't verify what contaminants (if any) might be on it and degrade the bonding surface and compromise the structural integrity of the car. Not saying I 100% agree with that, just letting you know. I'd put one in my car (if I didn't get new ones for 10% over cost) even though we won't do it where I work, but I'd damn sure prep the sh!t out of it. If you get one from a junkyard, be prepared for some places to turn down the job.
5) Almost all glass shops will play the price game, tell them you got cheaper quotes somewhere else and ask them to match/beat it.
2) Friborage's 2008 takes a completely different windshield, apples to oranges, but probably still close.
3) Almost no dealership does their own glass, they just sublet it out to a glass shop anyway and mark it up... so you could have probably got it even cheaper.
4) Used windshields can be dangerous and a lot shops won't install them because they can't verify what contaminants (if any) might be on it and degrade the bonding surface and compromise the structural integrity of the car. Not saying I 100% agree with that, just letting you know. I'd put one in my car (if I didn't get new ones for 10% over cost) even though we won't do it where I work, but I'd damn sure prep the sh!t out of it. If you get one from a junkyard, be prepared for some places to turn down the job.
5) Almost all glass shops will play the price game, tell them you got cheaper quotes somewhere else and ask them to match/beat it.
SlowNA06
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Watched Safelite or whatever drop their price $75 when my coworker did this. As if they had misquoted it the first time.
gpgt98
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Talked a shop down from $330 to $255 installed for the HUD glass.. dropping the ride off Friday for a new windshield. Done work with them before on my last car and they even wash and sweep the car when their all done.. comes with a lifetime air and water leak warranty and a 2 year rock chip warranty..
SnowDrift
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Just had my windshield removed and re-set a month or two ago due to a leak. The other day, I took on a stone from an oncoming vehicle and it cracked all the way through both panels. Safelite guy wasn't able to repair it, so I'm scheduled for a new windshield on Friday by the same guys that did the work a few weeks ago. Should have used velcro, I guess, to install it.
$0 cost this time, though. It was $100 the first time through since it was out of my pocket and not through the insurance.
$0 cost this time, though. It was $100 the first time through since it was out of my pocket and not through the insurance.
gpgt98
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Yeah mine had a cracck from top to bottom when I first got the car but it wasn't in my line of view so it didn't bother me. Coming home from my dads last night after fixing the sway bar endlinks, an oncoming truck passed and kicked up a rock and created a huge spider web crack..
Abrasive
I say it with pictures
It's cut throat out there, but business is finally picking back up. For a while, as long as we weren't taking a loss, we would drop as low as we could to get the work just to stay busy. Safelite is a big competitor of ours here in KC. I work for Binswanger and we are also a full line glass shop, whereas Safelite is just auto glass for the most part.
