A glass company came to install my front and back glass along with molding today. The guy gets to my house at 9. I get a call at 12:25 from the wife to come home on lunch cause the guy wants to talk to me. I get there and only the windshield was in. The guy told me the clips that came with the NEW molding (Mustangs Unlimited) were too weak and he showed me where they broke. I bought clips seperate from a company on line that were (are) a 1/8 to big. So here's what I see... My front glass is in along with the NEW molding. Both top pieces of molding are banged up in the corrners from him having problems with the clips, along with dents in the upper right side molding. The molding is not tight to the rubber and I can even see between it and theweatherstip in some spots. Needless to say it's $^%& and the molding has to be redone. I have to re-buy 3 of the 5 piece of front molding and he is going to see if he can order the correct clips. I still have no back glass in and if that molding gets banged up you'll be seeing another post cause that molding is twice as much as the front. Sorry to go on but it's hard to explain to a nonmustanger the issue cause they don't understand the 'relationship' between an mustang owner and their car.

 

It's unfortunate, but there are people who only work on cars for the paycheck and couldn't care less about what the cars represent to the people that are interested in them. In some cases there isn't even enough interest to want to know why or how things work. Just the tips that will help them beat the flat rate.

Not all techs are that way, but in about a year of working in a dealership I saw enough. And my son-in-law bounced around from one aftermarket shop to another for a dozen years or so until he finally gave it up for good and learned something else - he saw plenty and was probably guilty of the same thing at times.


Norm

 

Never let someone work on your car or your house without being there. It rare that someone actually gives a s**t about your stuff like you do.

 

Unfortunately, windshields nowadays are glued in so I'd venture to guess that most glass installers don't know what they're doing on our classics. I'd either do it yourself (not difficult with patience and care) or find a place that specializes in the older cars. Good luck!

 

gothand is right most glass installers dont know the older systems they are use to glue stick in glass and go my step dad helped me with my glass hes a old mechainc that knows alot im glad to have him around. i work at all state ford here its a dealer and im the only one i work with in the garage that can rebuild a starter let along a carb.