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Offline 1955CJ-5

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Re: Windshield FAIL
« Reply #15 on: February 24, 2015, 09:47:36 PM »
And then there is the locking strip....getting the gasket in is only about 7/8's of the job..

I bought this tool on Fbills advice and though I only used it once it was like magic....

I think two workers with a bunch of glazing sticks and a couple of bottles of whisk...I mean Windex would be able to successfully install a windshield...or not.... :-?

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Re: Windshield FAIL
« Reply #16 on: February 25, 2015, 03:17:39 PM »
Don't feel bad Ryan, I busted a windshield on an '84 Chevy I had once.� I was trying to do it myself and save a few bucks.....and ended up paying twice what I would have.� It was right then and there I learned the greatest downfall of doing your own glass work.........glass breaks and you can't weld it back together!

I took my windshield to one of my local glass shops for install and they were happy to cut the glass and install it for $100 and I supplied the gasket.� They got a kick out of just seeing the old windshield and even came to a car show a month later to see my finished jeep!
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