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Subject:Re: chip in windshield
From:Miguel Pacheco
Date:Sun, 13 Jan 2008 22:30:06 -0500

It would be madness to install a used windshield (even if you did succeed
in removing it from another vehicle w/out breaking it!)The only thing you
can reuse is the rubber seal, but only if it is relatively new or in
really good shape. As far as cost, wholesale runs around 100.00, plus mark-
up and labor. If you can find a total price of 350.00, that's pretty good.
This is not an expensive thing, when compared to what windshield
replacement could cost on other vehicles.
My wife and I have replaced a couple of these on our Vanagons and it's
pretty easy. It uses the 'roped' method, I think it's called. It's very
simple, though it is easier to break the glass while doing it if you are
not careful. Actually, she's the expert windshield and tint girl.......I'm
just the muscle (not a bad gig.)
Miguel