New windshield is in! Hood question.

[etc1006]

Alright, the new windshield is in! After the outfit shows up 3 hours late. I fired up the torpedo heater at 9:30 for a 1pm appt... The guy who shows up was the owner of the co. Did a nice professional job. Man the "new/modern" glass tools compared to the ones I used to use! Then the price he quotes me is $20 more than I was quoted Friday... He calls in, and we settle up. I figured out what happend though... The girl who amswered the phone Friday wasn't who did today... She prolly didn't do the markup right. I think they were maybe stalling so I'd say F*** it and go else where. The price was really good compared to others. I used to do a little bit of glass on the side in Baltimore and had an Idea of cost... And is a good brand of glass.

Now what 's the trick to putting the hood on with out hurting the windshield? It was a REAL PITA taking it off. I loosened the bolts. I popped the clips on the struts to be ready to fall off. Padded the corners with fender covers and still broke/cracked (havent really checked) the cowl plastic. I need to get it back on so I can adjust the hood and fenders now the core has been pulled back out.

 

[NotSoSlowSHO]

having two people helps tremendously.

 

[JATRAMMELL]

Just had a windshield put on at my home a few weeks back. Didn't have to remove the hood. Why did you remove the hood?

 

[etc1006]

I had to hood off to help see what the **** I was doing while doing other things til I could scrape up the $. Plus I got tired of hitting my head... This has been a project for the last 2 months.

 

[platoribs]

"I used to do a little bit of glass on the side in Baltimore and had an Idea of cost... And is a good brand of glass. "

What did it cost you...? I just got a quote for $135.00 installed, $25.00 extra if they come to me! Sounds like a great deal, Chicago, IL

 

[etc1006]

I know another person is best. But being I'm unemployed right now and have all the time in the world to "play" I'm usually on my own. But a buddy of mine just e-mailed that hes coming in from OSU for the weekend. He's gonna stop by on X-Mas and give me a hand while he picks up some Mustang parts. And we're gonna drink a few, he totalled his '03 Cobra last week...

Plato, thats a **** of a deal! Mine was "quoted" $162, they were gonna charge $20 more for the mobile install. I said I don't have tags on it yet and I have all the trim plus the hood off and the girl said she'd knock off mobile fee. Man, the power tools used for windshield removal.... Compared to the HAND tools I used to use... Took the guy all of ~10 minutes to remove the old one!

 

[platoribs]

Thanks Bro, I thought it sounded pretty damn cheap! I'll get er done after Christmas, gotta scram, gonna be driving down south tomorrow about 1000 miles total. hope my fuel economy picks up big time after op temp comes up ans stays up!

Merry Christmas!