200q20v - broken windshield

[robert weinberg]

Hi all,

so, all's well that ends well. i went to US Autoglass in hayward, ready to accept off-brand glass (GGN) with rubber trim in place of the stainless. i simply couldn't locate the stainless trim anywhere nor could i find the OEM Sigla glass. Pilkington doesn't make a windshield for the car.

the guys knew what they were doing. i mentioned again about trying to save the existing trim and they said it's nearly impossible because the stainless trim has sheet metal tabs that dig into the A pillar to secure it. you have to mangle the trim just to get the windshield out.

THE GOOD NEWS is that the guy looked on the computer and laughed. He said he doesn’t know why I was put on this wild goose chase, but they do have the stainless trim at their warehouse. LOL! He said it should work but it is aftermarket and NOT an audi part. Meaning it might not be a perfect fit. They worked their asses off installing the trim. Looks really nice! And it looks exactly like the rest of the window trim. 

The GGN glass looks good too. Heck, regardless of the brand, it sure is nice to look through new glass. It’s like it isn’t even there. In retrospect, there were a lot of scratches and pits in the original windshield.

See ya,
Robby





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From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
To: robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>
Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
Sent: Sat, November 28, 2009 11:20:37 AM
Subject: Re: 200q20v - broken windshield

Don’t know, never DIYed a windshield. But when I’ve had several replaced with OEM glass at local glass shops they told me that they had to order the trim as a seperate part. Glass shops will never try to remove glass in one piece to save it of trim, they just break it out. But it can be done with a tight wire cutter.

Bernie


 

On Nov 28, 2009, at 9:30 AM, robert weinberg wrote:

Thanks Bernie,
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>i've been looking around - does anybody know where to get the stainless trim kit? or at least the clips if it's possible to reuse the existing trim?
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>i'm wondering if i can reuse the existing trim on the aftermarket windsheld. you'd think if the window is meant to fit on the car, the trim should fit on the windhshield, eh?
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>Robby
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From: Bernie Benz <b.benz at charter.net>
>To: robert weinberg <centaurus3200 at yahoo.com>
>Cc: 200q20V mailing list <200q20v at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wed, November 25, 2009 3:27:12 PM
>Subject: Re: 200q20v - broken windshield
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>I believe that the chrome trim is a sperate Audi part number, doesn’t come with any glass.
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>Bernie
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>On Nov 25, 2009, at 2:13 PM, robert weinberg wrote:
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>> man, every time i think i have the car in order enough to paint it, some weird crap like a rock comes flying and cracks the windshield ;-)
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>> does anyone in the san francisco bay area know of a good but affordable glass shop that carries Sigla OEM glass? i took the car on a wild goose chase today to the place that replaced the quarter window in my daily driver nissan sentra. US autoglass depot in hayward. nice people, but first they quoted $169 for sigla glass. which, i figured was way too good to be true. it ends up being some off-brand, like GGN or something for $239. they carry pilkington, but were adamant that they don't make glass for the 200. which is odd, because they do for my wife's A4.
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>> i was still willing to give it a shot until they said the replacement glass doesn't have the polished stainless trim - which seemed like it would look stupid with rubber trim filling the gap where the stainless was supposed to be?
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>> anyway, i decided to do more research by looking to your opinions. go with the off-brad glass with the rubber trim or look for a shop that can replace with OEM glass. or is that going to cost $500+?
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>> thanks,
>> Robby
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