This guy was good, and even pointed out in advance that W126 rear windows were a real b*tch to install because of the compound curves in them. He also said that since the back glass was laminated it could crack on one layer and not the other, too.
He was almost all the way in and the very top right corner cracked within about 2" from the corner. He was pretty upset about it, too. Dan On Jul 4, 2013, at 6:18 PM, Mitch Haley wrote: > Dan Penoff wrote: >> If you read the fine print, any glass installer will tell you that if they >> remove and reinstall a piece of glass (I had the car in to be painted and I >> had them remove all of the glass and install a new windshield) they are not >> liable if it cracks or breaks. In the past I had a really good independent >> glass guy who really knew how to do old car glass. He did the rear glass in >> my 1970 250C and one other car and it was perfect. I couldn't track him down >> when i needed to do the 300SD, so I just picked a local auto glass place. > > Reminds me of the time I was getting an insurance replacement of a windshield > with a bullseye in front of the driver. You could still see it after I > injected filler into it, but it wasn't that bad. They arranged for a glass > shop to make a house call. I mentioned to the glass shop manager that I > wanted to keep the old one for a spare. He asked me if I could bring it into > the shop and have two guys remove it instead of just the one he'd send out on > a house call, to make sure it didn't get broken. I did and they broke it. > When I mentioned it to a salvage yard operator, he told me that he'd never > needed any help, and he'd never broken one taking it out. > > Does becoming a professional auto glass installer make it impossible for you > to remove a piece of fixed glass without breaking it? > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
