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Re: bugeye windshield

To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: bugeye windshield
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 21:50:32 -0500charset="iso-8859-1"
SOL.  That's a Mexican type beer, right?

Robert D.

-----Original Message-----
From Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver at Eng.Sun.COM>
To: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>;
grbyrns@ucdavis.edu <grbyrns@ucdavis.edu>; spridgets@autox.team.net
<spridgets@autox.team.net>; soavero@yahoo.com <soavero@yahoo.com>
Date: March 1, 2000 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: bugeye windshield


>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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