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Subject:Re: windshield replacement
From:Andrew Grebneff
Date:Wed, 19 May 2004 20:23:57 +1200

>Unless you are experienced and know what you are doing, let the pros do
>your windshield.  I stood by (for a whole 20 minutes) and watched one
>man r/r the windshield on my '90.  He had many years experience, made it
>look too easy.  And the total cost, with tax, was $152, glass and labor.
>Money well spent and no glass to dispose of.

Windshields retained by rubber seals are easy to remove (kick 'em out
from inside, starting at one end... easy).

Bonded-in ones are just about impossible, even for the glass folk,
who normally just break them to get them out.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut