[ba] Recommendations for a bay area windshield shop?

robert weinberg centaurus3200 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 14 10:31:21 PST 2009


hi all,

i'm in the same boat. steve, did what did safelite do about the stainless trim around the windshield in your V8Q? did they just use rubber, put new stainless on or reuse the old trim?

i have a cracked windshield on my 200q20v. was gonna go to US autoglass in hayward. only $239 installed. but it's GGN (mexican made glass?) and they didn't have the stainless trim - which i of course NLA. i'll need to see if they can reuse the existing trim.

i also don't think sigla makes the windshield anymore. and US autoglass also carries pilkington, but they said that pilkington doesn't make a windshield for the 200. is this true?

see ya,m
Robby




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From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
To: urq222 at ymail.com
Cc: ba-group at audifans.com
Sent: Mon, December 14, 2009 2:34:48 AM
Subject: Re: [ba] Recommendations for a bay area windshield shop?

Steve Buchholz writes:
> When I had a water leak into the passenger footwell on the V8 from a poor window seal (the relay box for the V8Q is in the passenger footwell :() the insurance company sent out a Safelite van.  I think I was lucky because the guy driving the van was from eastern Europe and was an Audi fan ... but the new windshield was the same manufacturer as is in my other V8Q (the glass removed for this replacement was not, I think the windshield was replaced before).  The installer knew that Audi specified a specific adhesive be used, and he made sure that he used it.  I've dealt with Safelite before (I think it was when my Fox was broken into) ... every time I got better than expected service, and with no extra fees.  

Thanks Steve for the tip.

I googled safelite and it's a real mixed bag of reviews, some good and
some bad (there is even a dedicated website of pissed safelite customers).
Anyway, looks like as of a few years ago they no longer carry OEM
windshields, and there are reports that their own windshields are
crap.  Anyway, I filled out their online quote form and it says that
a rep will contact me.  I'll see what happens.

-Ti

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