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Windshield Replacement

Postby kingtut » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

I saw a thread or two, but they were dated and lacked any helpful info.

I need to get a windshield replaced and come to find out, I don't have "glass coverage". So...this is outta pocket.

Where do I go and how much should I expect to pay??
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Postby Huzer » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

You can call Safelite. Going non-OEM glass will be least expensive. It was $180-ish to do the Volvo with non-OEM glass. With, it would have been closer to $600.
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Postby geo2maz » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

my mom got her rear windshield replaced for $150ish at some place in north Atown, want me to ask where she went?
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Postby ecam8000 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

Give Quick Set auto glass a call 303-452-5378 and get a quote. I don't like Safelite's glass (I think it scratches and chips too easy). By the way I've bought hundreds of windshields in the past 7 years or so.

Talked to Chuck at Quick Set. If the car is not equipped with rain sensor....
$200 - glass, intallation and moulding. Add about $90 for rain sensor
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Postby erod550 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

ecam8000 wrote:Give Quick Set auto glass a call 303-452-5378 and get a quote. I don't like Safelite's glass (I think it scratches and chips too easy). By the way I've bought hundreds of windshields in the past 7 years or so.


Do they have a Colorado Springs office? My Miata could use a new windshield. After 200k miles the current one is very pitted and finally cracking.
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Postby ecam8000 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

erod550 wrote:Do they have a Colorado Springs office? My Miata could use a new windshield. After 200k miles the current one is very pitted and finally cracking.


They are a mobile service (as far as I use them). They do have at least one shop location that I know of (north Denver). The website http://www.quicksetautoglass.com/ states that they do serve Ft Collins and the Springs. I order a bunch of windshields for the LARGE trucks out there, those trucks don't fit in too many windshield bays.
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Postby Shadowden » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

ecam8000 wrote:Give Quick Set auto glass a call 303-452-5378 and get a quote. I don't like Safelite's glass (I think it scratches and chips too easy). By the way I've bought hundreds of windshields in the past 7 years or so.

Talked to Chuck at Quick Set. If the car is not equipped with rain sensor....
$200 - glass, intallation and moulding. Add about $90 for rain sensor


That explains why my replacement windshields seem to get pitted pretty quickly. No more safelite for me...
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Postby ecam8000 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

Shadowden wrote:That explains why my replacement windshields seem to get pitted pretty quickly. No more safelite for me...


I actually scratched my brand new safelite windshield on my F350 while trying to clear snow with a brand new plastic ice scraper. Their install and chip repair for free is hard to beat, but the glass is the worst I've seen.
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Postby Huzer » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

Shadowden wrote:That explains why my replacement windshields seem to get pitted pretty quickly. No more safelite for me...


Quit following too close! Hehe.
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Postby kingtut » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

ecam8000 wrote:Give Quick Set auto glass a call 303-452-5378 and get a quote. I don't like Safelite's glass (I think it scratches and chips too easy). By the way I've bought hundreds of windshields in the past 7 years or so.

Talked to Chuck at Quick Set. If the car is not equipped with rain sensor....
$200 - glass, intallation and moulding. Add about $90 for rain sensor


Thanks for the lead. I'll give them a call.

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Postby Shadowden » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

Huzer wrote:Quit following too close! Hehe.


Man, my truck's so high, it'd take a monster truck to kick stones up into my windshield!

It's actually not...and I am an "eager" driver...though with the new little car, I keep good distance and am now continually irritated by soccer mom's in SUVs that put their vehicles into that space.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

just go without a windshield, I hear it will make the car faster.
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Postby ecam8000 » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

I thought that was decals/stickers?
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Postby Shadowden » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:just go without a windshield, I hear it will make the car faster.


ecam8000 wrote:I thought that was decals/stickers?


These things (speed holes and stickers) only work in tandem. To do one without the other, you are simply a "ricer" :o
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Aug 14, 2012 9:14

ecam8000 wrote:I thought that was decals/stickers?

think of how much lighter the car would be. removing the windshield and rear hatch, you have your own wind tunnel.
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