Windshield quality

[rustyrodknocker]

Originally Posted by Superduke

I just had mine installed last Monday. I called on Friday and surprisingly they said they could do it Monday, ok come on out. I ordered clear they brought a green shaded one oh what the hell. So this happened while they were putting the seal around the glass.

I'm sure I probably would have done the same thing and would have been out the price of another windshield. Now to your point on quality they showed me my original one with the new broken one next to it and there was a noticeable difference in thickness, maybe not half as thick but probably 2/3rds anyway. They said they could get another one from a different supplier and come back the next day and finish the job.

Two guys putting on the seal this time.

Just about done clear glass this time around too.

That's exactly what I was wondering. I thought I had a thin one once but was unsure of my own memory. I definitely remember one with an 1/8" misalignment in the sheets.

Never seen one break while putting the rubber on the glass. But I can imagine it with thin glass. The last one I did, I first started with an LMC gasket but it was sloppy. Way too long. So I spent the money for a Steele Rubber gasket. It was crazy tight. Too tight to put on the glass. Trying to form it around the curve would likely broke it. I put it on the truck which was still a hand full.

I'm so over crap parts.

[creep]

My truck had the stainless trim on the windshield but when I tried to have the seal replaced with one I bought from Classisparts.com the glass place couldn't get it to fit. I bought a Steele Rubber seal and they said it was even worse. I took it to another glass place and they couldn't get either seal to work. my friend had a new windshield put in his 63 Suburban and they had no trouble getting the trim back in. My guess is the newer seals are made for the newer, thinner glass. I will eventually try again with a new windshield and see how that goes.

[Robert Haas]

So here is the bad news.

Almost all glass shops today are staffed by employees under the age of 35, worse yet they are trained in the installation of urethane set windshields and have no practical experience in glazing in rubber set applications. Compound that with knowing how to install the stainless trim in our trucks that have that option and you now have a formula for pandemonium.

Stay away from the big national corporate shops and find a small mom and pop shop with an old timer and you will be much happier.

[nsb29]

Did mine by myself w/trim sum times you get a softer rubber and sum times you don’t it took three of us to do a buddy’s 64