Damn!
I didn't think of the 'donut' option ;-)
What really put me off, was even with the $100-$150 price, they also said they
wouldn't guarantee the job, and if anything got damaged, I'd be SOL.
- Bryan
>Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
>To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>, grbyrns@ucdavis.edu,
spridgets@autox.team.net
>MIME-Version: 1.0
>
>Many told me it should have been $20 - $25, Frank got
>away with bringing donuts and coffee.
>
>--- Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com> wrote:
>> Wow $35 sounds really great.
>> I ended up doing it myself, because every windshield
>> shop I took it too quoted
>> me $150+ dollars. And the frame was off the car,
>> clean, and I was supplying all
>> new parts. Living in 'silicon valley' really sucks
>> sometimes. Don't even get me
>> started on the cost of housing, and child care.
>>
>> - Bryan Vandiver
>> San Jose, CA
>>
>> >Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
>> >To: Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>,
>> spridgets@autox.team.net
>> >MIME-Version: 1.0
>> >
>> >There should be a lot in the archives from last
>> year.
>> >I went thru this determined to do it myself and
>> ended
>> >up at the glass shop. $35 later, it was installed,
>> >and the shop made me swear to never bring the
>> >windshield into their shop again. Some listers
>> have
>> >had luck with this, some have not. When Frank C.,
>> who
>> >can pull an engine in 35 minutes (literally), told
>> me
>> >to have someone else do it, I should have listened.
>>
>> >The biggest problem it seemed was shi.., I mean,
>> >substandard parts. The large seal/gasket from Mini
>> >Mania was no good, and the "guaranteed to fit"
>> >windshield was also a little off, but in a
>> different
>> >direction. Who knows if maybe my frame was bad
>> too?
>> >It's in now, prob'ly the best $35 I spent all year
>> >last year.
>> >
>> >--- Glen Byrns <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu> wrote:
>> >> Well I looked in the archives and didn't find any
>> >> tips on doing your own
>> >> bugeye windshield replacement.
>> >> It looks pretty straightforward, in from the
>> back,
>> >> gasket into frame first,
>> >> soaped cord into slot, glass pressed against
>> gasket,
>> >> cord pulled from slot
>> >> to raise lip of gasket , lock strip pressed into
>> >> place.
>> >> What am I missing?
>> >>
>> >> Putting on a new windshield to body seal is a
>> joy,
>> >> tried sliding it into the
>> >> soaped slot, NO WAY! Now I'm trying to push the
>> 'T'
>> >> channel part into the
>> >> groove with a screw driver blade an inch at a
>> time.
>> >> Whooppee. Should be
>> >> done by August.
>> >>
>> >> Any advice from someone who's been there would be
>> >> appreciated.
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>> >> Regards, Glen Byrns
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >=====
>> >Ron Soave
>> >"People just get uglier." - Bob Dylan
>> >Do You Yahoo!?
>>
>>
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