So, how's your day?
 

Went for nice 1 hour drive this morning after changing the plugs and oil. Rocky ran great. :D Stopped and had new tires put on, now Rocky feels great on the highway. :D :D got caught in a little rain noticed I need new wiper blades. Stopped picked up wiper blades and smashed my windshield :mad: :mad: :mad:

That sucks. How did you smash the windshield?

Swing the arm up to replace the wiper blade. Remove the wiper blade. Accidently hit the wiper arm w/ no blade on it and the spring tension snaps it down on the windshield. Nothing but spring loaded metal wiper arm against the windshield. Ouch!

It's pretty self-critiquing... :mad:

After that you'll learn to put a big thick folded towel down against the windshield before you change the blades.

Ask me how I know... :D

Wow, didn't know the windshield would break so easily. When I had my winter tires installed I went ahead and had them put new wiper blades on at the same time. Glad I did and now I know from now on to be very careful and use your towel method.

I feel your pain.

When I was pulling the Boxster out of the repair bay at the local indy this morning, I cut the turn too short and dented/scraped the right rear quarter panel. All my fault. Dang, dang, dang!

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I'm hating this thread, but lots of good information. Thanks for posting.

I almost always place a towel or roll of paper towels under the arm. Today I was rushing a little. Dooh.

Sorry to see I'm not the only one having a bad day.

I have heard the wiper/windshield thing before. Ouch!

Maybe it will improve the aerodynamics of your car. :D

My son did the same with his 944 about a month ago. Painful. That commercial speaks the truth, we are only human.

Sorry to hear about your windshield!

I sure lucked out last month. The tarp covered, snow piled wood stack fell over against the Boxster. Freaked out until I was able to dig enough snow away to move her. Not a mark or dent anywhere. My stars were sure aligned! I don't park there anymore (duh :eek:!).

To the OP, does it look kind of like this?

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I installed my IPD plenom and GT3 tb in the Cayman yesterday. :dance:

Tomorrow I get my Tarrat lca bushings installed.

So how much is a new windshield. Mine has several stone chips and couple of scratches so I figure it is about time to replace..

Qmulus - exactly like that. Except I may have thrown a small temper tantrum and broke the new wiper blade in half.

Sailing1 - not sure. Here in Massachusetts windshields are covered under our insurance.

My son replaced his 944 windshield for $275, I can't imagine the 986 would be much more if at all.

$100 (comprehensive deductible on my State Farm insurance). I doubt you will get one replaced professionally for $275. I think $500-700 is more like it (not OEM glass).

I can tell from experience, that a new window will cost you about $500 with the installation.

I'd still be on the ground kicking and screaming. Thanks again for the post. You've changed the way I change wiper blades.

someone was parked in my assigned spot so I had to park on the street.
I then curbed a rear wheel ....twice.
Luckily they were my winter beaters that will probably retired due to vibration/bad fit.

I did exactly this last year. I was so angry with myself and felt like such a fool. I hate to admit it but hearing that other people have made the same mistake makes me feel a little better(sorry).

I also had to pay $100 deductible with my insurance.

It was a $100 oops

I have observed the price of doing this job to vary widely by zip code. The cheapest I have heard of using the OEM Sekurit glass is $300 at Safelite. Some quotes in the bigger metropolitan cities have been in the $600 area.

When you have this done, make absolutely sure that your dashboard is covered during the installation. Bring a thick towel and put in on the dash before you even hand over the keys. A professional installer should know to do this but many are cocky or lazy.
It is very easy to cut the dash during this procedure. Inspect the dash very carefully afterward and consider taking pictures before hand.

Excellent idea on the towel! The shop I use for glass is very good. I've had them do glass in everything from an Opel GT to every piece of glass in my 951. Never had an issue because my aunt is a VP there, It helps.

I buffed it out this morning and it cleaned up quite a bit. Then I hit it lightly with a spray can of black and it looks pretty good (at least good enough for a race car!)

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Looks great!

I wonder what a really good paintless dent removal guy could do with that. Looks like you hit flush.

Yeah, it was mostly a side-scrape so it might be a fairly easy repair. I'll look into a more permanent repair after racing this weekend. For this week, the goal was to slop some makeup on and cover it as best I could!