Date:         Sat, 2 Feb 2008 19:45:36 -0800
Reply-To:     Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
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From:         Jeffrey Vickers <jeff@VICKERSDESIGN.COM>
Subject:      Re: Windshields
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I picked up a new windshield for $100 at a disco auto glass place
today. Odd thing is... it has a light tint to it...anybody else seen
this? Its PPG glass for whatever that is worth. Made in China.

Jeff / San Anselmo
On Feb 2, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Sat, 2 Feb 2008 11:30:37 -0500
> From:    Edward Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: windshield prices
>
> Since I mentioned that I did my windshield myself, I had a few
> inquiries ab=
> out used prices, and I looked up some places for new as well. (I got
> mine f=
> rom a fellow list-mamber in a trade, so mine didn't cost anything.)
> =20
> Local shops in CT quoted $300 to $400 installed w/o new gasket
> =20
> Online quotes from www.windshieldstogo.com
> =20
>     New with gasket, installed, $299, they come to you
>     New, pick-up and install yourself, w/o gasket, $138- they have p/
> u loc=
> ations across the country
>    =20
> Junkyard in PA where I go in the fall when I'm camping in the area,
> $40, bu=
> t monthly special for $20
> =20
> Granted, you won't always find a good one in the junkyard, and you
> really h=
> ave to check them out often, but at least it's cheapl
> =20
> I think the best deal is the $138 new for pick-up; I've seen gaskets
> online=
> for under $20. It really was an easy job to do it myself, so even if
> I wen=
> t with new windshield and new gasket, it would still be half the
> price of h=
> avin one installed.=20
> =20
> Several local places wanted $110 to install my used one.
> =20
> =20