Replacing windshield....

i know many of you have done this.... a few might have in a 2g eclipse... anything special that needs to be done to put this in??? i don't want to pay $300 to have somebody do it

i've done it in a 2g dsm, not hard at all just make sure you get all the old urethane scraped off before you go to put the new stuff in and also if you can get the tubes of urethane warmedup real good it speads and comes out of the tube alot easier

hmmm.... thats what i thought but the shop said 3 hours labor... 30 min to do it and 2 1/2 to drink the beer i suppose... what kind of dsm was it

96 eclipse you can get a tool from an auto parts shop that cuts the old urethane out alot faster then wire and it's only like $20

or take it to your local shop that you visit every week already that supports your audio habit { hint hint }

i didn't think that you sold tools.... lol... ill stop in later

to get it installed 279 , new glass , close cut , two tubes urathane , new moulding , labor , quarantee , not that bad .

$150 mark???

iowan wrote:

$150 mark???

that is prob my cost so now add labor and markup on glass and that is what keeps custom shops open

hope walmart doesnt start doing glass

it takes about an hour to hour and a hafe to cut out winsheild , trim down to pinch weld , prime pinchweld so it does not rust , let dry , then apply urathane at proper thickness then install glass , then let it set for four hous before driving , if not perfect it will leak air and or water ,

mark has done a lot of windshields for us and ive seen him do it this is deffinatly not a 1/2 job and is perfect when he is done with him in my opinion he is very resonable on his prices call some other glass shops in the area before u judge his prices i think you will be very surprised

i have called around needless to say and i was just messing with mark... i understand all that it takes and am willing to try it myself... most of you don't know me and right now im trying to cut penny's i know mark understands... the cost of my doing it would be $120.... id rather spend that other 160 on other things... and probably at his shop....

How long does it take to put in a windshield for you guys? When I got my Astro windshield replaced last summer it took one guy about 30 minutes in and out of my garage.

CactusSounds-Geoff wrote:

How long does it take to put in a windshield for you guys? When I got my Astro windshield replaced last summer it took one guy about 30 minutes in and out of my garage.

maico paints cars in one day for 199 you you take your car there , not me

I need my winshield replaced in my Sonoma and I will take it to Mark even if he charged a little more than other places (wich is never the case). Iv'e seen some of the winshields that he's replaced that had already been replaced by some idiot. He runs into that problem quite a bit and it makes it alot harder sometimes. I dont want that happenning to me just to save a little money, then end up having to redo it anyway.

taz wrote:

CactusSounds-Geoff wrote:

How long does it take to put in a windshield for you guys? When I got my Astro windshield replaced last summer it took one guy about 30 minutes in and out of my garage.

maico paints cars in one day for 199 you you take your car there , not me

What does paint have to do with a windshield? It isnt hard to break the seal on a windshield and scrape off some adhesive, put new stuff on and set the window in place?

my point was that both can be done with cheap material or good material , both can be done quick , look ok for a while , example a close cut means u dont scrape all the urathane [ not adhisive ] down to bare metal , i do ,apply self etching primer (primer should set for 10-12 min. for solvents to evaporate ) let dry , then apply urthane with no air pockets or gaps , (or you will have air noise in car or worse a water leak ) also the windshield has a glass primer to apply as well , next you reinstall glass set to proper depth,etc....that is if there is no rust or shit paint to work around. i am ranting but i have been doing this for 20 years plus , i have had employies that you train then they go out on the road and short cut , i have seen alot of others short cut , 30 min. is not enough , you may get an easy one now and then but that is not the normal , also i only set a windshield with a second person , then both can split gap other wise you get urathane pushed sideways insted of even set , so untill u do for a living please dont second guess those of us that do , i am shur you take pride in what you do for a living as do i .
sorry for ranting and spelling .

i wouldnt let anyone else do my windshield other than mark....does great work....

Yea it doesn't look very difficult I helped him put the windshield in but he did all the rest while I sat there and watched.

CactusSounds-Geoff wrote:

Yea it doesn't look very difficult I helped him put the windshield in but he did all the rest while I sat there and watched.

drinkin all the beer???

No I watched to make sure he didnt scratch the paint.