coupe gt windscreen

[Tom Nas]

"Alan Pritchard" <alanthecelt at alanthecelt.screaming.net> wrote:

>ok, i bought the bullet and rung around for a new windscreen, first quote
>was £89, not bad i thought, try another for comparison - £109, ok "how much
>just to fit the screen if i supply the glass?" - - - £55, bit steep i
>thought.
>     so i bit the bullet and decided to do it myself, i figured the easiest
>way to do it would be to cut the screen out of my car and my spare car, so i
>would need a new seal.
>     "hello afn audi" answered the phone.
>     "how much for a 1984 coupe gt windscreen seal please?"
>     much searching,  "£91 sir"
>     "no, i want just the seal, not the windscreen"
>     "that is just the seal!"
>     "HOW MUCH?"
>     "£91 sir"
>     "ok, i'll leave that then"
>
>
>so i figure if im careful i should be able to save and reuse one of the
>seals.
>How can they justify that much for a piece of rubber when i can have the
>whole thing fitted for less?

I'd say. When we did the same in Jeroen (Brun)'s CGT recently, we paid 
GBP40 for the seal (which seemed excessive to me). Used screen from a 
scrapped CGT, went in without a hitch. I've described the procedure on the 
list, search the archives. Spend some of the GBP55 you save on fitting on a 
couple of beers when the job's done- much nicer than leaving it at the 
dealership.
It's a 15-minute job.

Tom