heated windshield What should i pay? - Land Rovers Only

papabeefis · 02-05-2006, 12:25 PM

dealer wants 750 to 800 to replace my windshield is that reasonable or should i shop it ?

Disco Mike · 02-05-2006, 12:45 PM

Don't go to the dealer for the winshiled, call around to the ayto glass shops and compare prices. They can get you a heated glass, it just won't have Rovers stamp on it.
Mike J.

papabeefis · 02-05-2006, 01:50 PM

thanks mike appreciate your prompt reply any ball park figures i should hope for ?

Disco Mike · 02-05-2006, 02:45 PM

Call 2 or 3 glass shops and take the guessing out of it. It will be well less then the dealer but I bet you are still going to be at $450 plus installed.
If you don't use your window heaters much, you can always save money and install a standard winsdshield without the heating unit.
Mike J.

papabeefis · 02-05-2006, 07:19 PM

thanks luv this forum by the way have a great week go steelers

plastic · 02-05-2006, 08:35 PM

What's the problem? is it cracked? do you have full glass on your insurance?

Beachrover · 02-06-2006, 03:37 PM

Actually, the price from your dealer doesn't sound too bad. I had mine replaced about 2 months ago by an independent glass shop and it was $725.00.

Muddy Oval · 02-06-2006, 04:15 PM

Mine was $640 installed. Dealer supplies the glass, but they call in a glass company to install it (every dealer I know subs out glass work). There aren't any generic replacement heated windshields available.

Disco Mike · 02-06-2006, 04:32 PM

You can get it done for less, having the glass shop order after market glass. Look at it this way, the bugs will never know if it was factory glass or after market when they get splattered.
Mike J.

Muddy Oval · 02-07-2006, 09:11 AM

There isn't an aftermarket glass for the DII... it's all Pilkington.

papabeefis · 02-07-2006, 08:37 PM

Thanks for advice guys i talked to local glass shop and they happen to have a scratched heated one. So i will try to talk them down . Any one know a good shop or dealer in vegas area? I am in ST George UT and my Salt Lake
City dealer is 350 miles away . VEGAS is only 120. thanks in advance PEACE.

Rovin4life · 02-07-2006, 08:56 PM

scratched glass, no way. I wouldnt take it.

they aint gonna take you down much anyway. they will then get you on th labor.

Listen the dealers dont make money on the glass. Ok parts but thats different. The dealers dont get a kickback from the glass company. In fact its the opposite. we let them come to us and allow them to replace glass inside so they dont have to bring the vehicle to their shop. they make more money that way.

Dealers regardless of brand do the same thing. In fact dealerships have a whole list of subcontractors they use to fix anything from bent rims and body panels to ripped leather.

02-05-2006, 12:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
papabeefis Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: comaville,utah,usa Posts: 45 Gallery: 0	heated windshield What should i pay? dealer wants 750 to 800 to replace my windshield is that reasonable or should i shop it ?

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plastic Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Int'l Falls MN Posts: 178 Gallery: 0	What's the problem? is it cracked? do you have full glass on your insurance? __________________ 99 disco ii w/ cold climate and SLS.

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Muddy Oval Otherwise known as STEVE Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,968 Gallery: 0	Mine was $640 installed. Dealer supplies the glass, but they call in a glass company to install it (every dealer I know subs out glass work). There aren't any generic replacement heated windshields available. __________________ 2002 Freelander 2000 DII w/CDL 1967 SIIA 109SW Former Rovers 2004 Modded "S" Disco, R.I.P. 2004 G4 Disco 2002 Modded Freelander 1995 Modded Disco 1994 D-90 #8 1993 NAS D110 1990 Range Rover County 1973 SIII 88 1972 Range Rover 2 door

02-07-2006, 09:11 AM	#10 (permalink)
Muddy Oval Otherwise known as STEVE Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Vermont Posts: 1,968 Gallery: 0	There isn't an aftermarket glass for the DII... it's all Pilkington. __________________ 2002 Freelander 2000 DII w/CDL 1967 SIIA 109SW Former Rovers 2004 Modded "S" Disco, R.I.P. 2004 G4 Disco 2002 Modded Freelander 1995 Modded Disco 1994 D-90 #8 1993 NAS D110 1990 Range Rover County 1973 SIII 88 1972 Range Rover 2 door

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02-05-2006, 12:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,771 Gallery: 0	Don't go to the dealer for the winshiled, call around to the ayto glass shops and compare prices. They can get you a heated glass, it just won't have Rovers stamp on it. Mike J.

02-05-2006, 01:50 PM	#3 (permalink)
papabeefis Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: comaville,utah,usa Posts: 45 Gallery: 0	thanks mike appreciate your prompt reply any ball park figures i should hope for ?

02-05-2006, 02:45 PM	#4 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,771 Gallery: 0	Call 2 or 3 glass shops and take the guessing out of it. It will be well less then the dealer but I bet you are still going to be at $450 plus installed. If you don't use your window heaters much, you can always save money and install a standard winsdshield without the heating unit. Mike J.

02-05-2006, 07:19 PM	#5 (permalink)
papabeefis Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: comaville,utah,usa Posts: 45 Gallery: 0	thanks luv this forum by the way have a great week go steelers

02-06-2006, 03:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Beachrover Richard Join Date: May 2005 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 87 Gallery: 0	Actually, the price from your dealer doesn't sound too bad. I had mine replaced about 2 months ago by an independent glass shop and it was $725.00.

02-06-2006, 04:32 PM	#9 (permalink)
Disco Mike Moderator Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 5,771 Gallery: 0	You can get it done for less, having the glass shop order after market glass. Look at it this way, the bugs will never know if it was factory glass or after market when they get splattered. Mike J.

02-07-2006, 08:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
papabeefis Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: comaville,utah,usa Posts: 45 Gallery: 0	Thanks for advice guys i talked to local glass shop and they happen to have a scratched heated one. So i will try to talk them down . Any one know a good shop or dealer in vegas area? I am in ST George UT and my Salt Lake City dealer is 350 miles away . VEGAS is only 120. thanks in advance PEACE.

02-07-2006, 08:56 PM	#12 (permalink)
Rovin4life Former NAS LR TECH, Current AUS LR TECH Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: DOWN UNDER Posts: 1,884 Gallery: 0	scratched glass, no way. I wouldnt take it. they aint gonna take you down much anyway. they will then get you on th labor. Listen the dealers dont make money on the glass. Ok parts but thats different. The dealers dont get a kickback from the glass company. In fact its the opposite. we let them come to us and allow them to replace glass inside so they dont have to bring the vehicle to their shop. they make more money that way. Dealers regardless of brand do the same thing. In fact dealerships have a whole list of subcontractors they use to fix anything from bent rims and body panels to ripped leather.

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