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Re: bugeye windshield

To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>, grbyrns@ucdavis.edu, spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 12:14:53 -0800 (PST)
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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