Date:         Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:54:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Geo <ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Geo <ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: windshield replacement
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I, too, have the PPG, the blue strip, perfect fit, etc.  On mine they
used the rubber seal w/ the 'chrome' trim.  That replacement chrome
must have been as good as the original because within a year it had
turned brown.

Just this week I had had enough and pulled all those
formerly-chrome-now-brown strips out of the window seals all around
and my but things look better now.

BTW - you may find that your insurance coverage offers 'full glass
coverage' for a fairly nominal sum.  This is coverage that has
zero-deductible on glass replacement regardless of the deductibles on
your collision and comp.  They sell it cheap as it may keep people
from going to those glass replacement shops that waive the deductible,
give you 12 steak dinners and then gouge the insurance carrier.

FG coverage is pretty common for desert dwellers who have to replace
the windshield every couple of years but may make sense for others
too.