Ditto on that! When I put Herbeam together a friend procured 5 windshields
from Mombasa and sold me one for $150. It was thinner than the original and
it has a beautiful green tint that matches the car...and the same problem
with the stainless...had to file it to make it fit tight again.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jay Laifman <Jay_Laifman(at)countrywide.com>
To: alpines(at)autox.team.net <alpines(at)autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: Windshields
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>>BTW: My son, who bought one from VB found the glass thinner
>>than stock, and wouldn't fit the rubber correctly. The
>>rubber itself was none too good either.
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>Just a point of clarification: I bought my windshield from CAT about 5
>years ago now. I was told that ALL of the new glass is slightly thinner
>than stock and that all of the glass, whether from CAT, SS or VB came from
>one place in South Africa. I did have trouble with the rubber and the
>stainless - the stainless would not rest where it used to. In fact, I
>ultimately had to file away some of the sides of the center top piece to
>get the side pieces to come in close enough. Maybe I did something wrong.
>But, it certainly all fits just fine now.
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>Jay Laifman
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