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bennelson 05-28-2010 03:53 PM

Metro Windshield replacement
 
Anyone have any tips for replacing a windshield in a gen 1 Geo Metro?

The Electro-Metro's windshield cracked! Right before I was starting to work on an electric car instructional video!

I can buy a used windshield from the salvage yard for less than half what a new one from the auto folks would charge, but I have to install it myself.

I've never done this before! All advice welcome!

-Ben

Frank Lee 05-28-2010 05:39 PM

1) Find the nearest tech school with an auto body program
2) Let them do it :thumbup:

atomicradish 05-28-2010 06:13 PM

Call Safelite and have them do it for you. Tempered glass can easily crack and leave you back at square 1. My dad and I failed miserably when trying to remove a pane from a parts car we had on hand. If we actually had to buy it, we would have had to still pay to get it done. It only cost around $100 and they came to my house and fixed it.

Frank Lee 05-28-2010 06:34 PM

I will say I've done several windshields on vehicles where the glass is held in by rubber gasket. But the glue-in ones... I've not worked up the ambition to get/make the cutting tools, etc. When you can find a place that does it for nearly free (I bought the glue and an extra tube for the school) why not?


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