Windshield replacement

[RandallNeighbour]

Triumph Auto Glass just finished installing my new windshield at my office. $375 including tax. Not bad.

I bought a replacement frame and gasket from Sunset at a whopping cost of $90, half of which was shipping on a massive, yet light as a feather box.

Then, the installer found that the frame was cracked on the inside and could not be used, so I called Sunset and they're giving me a full credit on both pieces, including the shipping costs. Sunset has excellent customer service, that's for sure.

So, the installer used the universal trim he had with him, which was what I had on the car. Evidently, the windshield had been replaced before I owned it and they used aftermarket glass and aftermarket trim as well. So it looks the same now, but without the ding in the driver's field of view and the zillion sandblasted pits all over it.

It's like driving a brand new car now. I love new tires and new windshields.

[Perfectlap]

if the roads are bad in Houston you should look into a stonguard for windshields.
They are allegedly optically clear.

[Tool Pants]

That is a good deal. What brand glass? Might go to Texas when it is time for windshield #4.

1997 does not have a frame (glass people call it a moulding) as that started around 1998 or 1999. But, as you said, your windshield had been replaced before. Mine had been replaced before but I had just the rubber seal, which was reused because it had not been glued in when windshield #2 was put in.

[RandallNeighbour]

Pinkerton is the brand they put in. Looks like factory glass to me though... green stripe at the top, antenna in the center, nice and clean.

[Tool Pants]

Pilkington?

[RandallNeighbour]

yeah, what you said!

[Travis]

I did a search on them, they have been around quite a long time and have gotten some great reviews.

A little history: http://www.glasslinks.com/newsinfo/pilk_history.htm

Good deal there Randall, I am bookmarking them for the early future