RE: Windshield

Jarrid Gross (GROSS(at)unit.com)
Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:43:00 -0700


---------- From: Robert Bailey To: 'alpines(at)autox.team.net' Subject: Windshield Date: Wednesday, July 29, 1998 2:24PM

>What is a good price for a used windshield these days? How much has it
>cost y'all to get a glass shop to put in a new windshield?
>I am trying to get USAA Insurance to go ahead and pay me $200 and I will
>put in my own used glass. Maybe I am being paranoid, but I'd just
>rather do it myself and make sure the glass is in right, the frame is
>caulked in and lined-up.
>
>I've been quoted $475, before tax, by a glass shop to install. I saw
>the prior e-mail about a clear, new shield for $240.

You would pay the $250 or so for the new part, then pay another $200 for shipping, then another $50 for the new noodle, then $100 or so to have it all put togther for you.

If they gawk at $200 from a fair and honest customer, perhaps they'd like the real bill?

Jarrid