anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

i dont feel like spending the $2-300 for someone to replace my cracked windshield. i found a local place with windshields for $40 and a windshield replacement strip for $20. maybe i should use a tube of silicone and a caulking gun?

so whats the best method of removal? i hear guitar wire is pretty good, but wouldnt i need 2 sets of hands? one of us inside and the other outside?

whats the best way to clean off the nasty left over ----? goo-gone? alcohol?

i know one of you fuckers has done this, its the hmt way.

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

you need urethane not bathroom cocking you clown
best way to remove is to cut the metal around the window and replace it with a windshield from a 69 'maro
like putting vitaras in a d

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

explain the guitar string method
i busted through with a hammer and ripped it out piece by painstaking piece

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

I did it one time with my father and seriously its a pain in the ass! Find someone that can do it cheap. If you dont install it correctly it will crack anyway! But if you realy want to do it, guitar wire is ok. Just take a wood or metal piece so you cant roll up around it. I don't know for the installation since we didnt reinstall it lol! Good luck ;)

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

Structurally, your windshield is pretty important. Like the other person said, it'll crack if installed improperly, and most likely leak if not put on properly.

I'm all for doing ---- myself, but in this case I'd get someone else to that would be liable if something went wrong.

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

smack it with a brick and call the police.... then call the insurance and have them put that ---- in.....

Thats what hapnd with mine,,,, but i didn't smash mine, someone else just thought it was time for me to get a new one... :-\

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

i've got a crack across my windsheild.. if i pull over from the high way and call the cops saying a semi threw up a rock and cracked mine the insurance company will replace it??? in Florida?

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

I did one and honestly it was a pain in the ass. It ended up leaking so we had to add urethane after the install. It sucked and i wouldn't do it again.

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

harbor freight sells the cutting tool for windshields.

pull out the old one

clean the previous glue ----

run a fat bead of window weld approx dia of a penny

lay in new glass!!!

Re: anyone replaced their own windshield?
 

that's what you'll need