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Re: used windshield

To: steve car <steve_car@hotmail.com>,
Subject: Re: used windshield
From: R Haug <haugchiro@moscow.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 13:29:01 -0800
steve car wrote:

> I ran across a guy with a windhield without chips/cracks on his beat up car
> that he may sell cheap. What is the advisability of installing a used
> windshield? Is it more fragile or maybe won't last as long as a new one?
> Many years ago I needed to replace my windshield in a VW and a glass
> installer said he wouldn't touch it because a used window is too easy to
> break. I never did know if he was just saying that hoping to sell me a new
> one, or not. I ended up putting a used one in myself with no problems.
> Thanks,
> Steve
> 69 1600
> _________________________________________________________________

Steve,
I seem to remember that glass becomes more brittle with age. (easier to break)
Or something like that.  Most people who do glass work want new glass.
A friend in a body shop said the same thing.
Bob.

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