The glass on my windshield is pitted and on some days when sun is at the right angle the pits are very visible. The MB dealer wants a grand to put in a new one...is this reasonable?

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1999 E300 TurboDiesel
2007 Ford Explorer limited
1981 John Deere 650 Diesel tractor

pffft


that is alot.. you can buy replacement glass for like 300-400$ and have it installed by a pro for another 200$.. ish.. my figures might be wrong but still 1k for that .. jeeze.. but thats for a W123.. a W210 .. 1k might be reasonable... seeing it is a more recent car


in FL the insurance company replaces the front windshield for free if it is cracked or broken.. I am having mine done soon because of the same issue.. they are getting me OEM glass and OEM gaskets...

Cost my insurance co $250 to have the windshield in my '87 300 changed-at my home. The install was excellent.

i had an estimate and it was only like $240 cash for the at-home install from a national company.

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Centrally located in North East Central Pa.

Seems pricey to me, but i don't know the cost of the glass.

You could *wait* for an eye level chip to occur and let your comprehensive coverage replace it.

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Terry Allison
N. Calif. & Boca Chica, Panama

09' E320 Bluetec 77k (USA)
09' Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel 48k (S.A.)

Reasonable? The best way to find out is get an instant quote here: www.safelite.com

(In my area they quote less than $300. That's about a $700 markup and they don't do any of the work!)

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Sam

84 300SD 350K+ miles ( Blue Belle )

I've also had (W123) windshields replaced buy the local glass places for under $300. It's not OEM glass, but I consider windshields a maintenance item that will require replacement every few years anyway.

you can buy the stickers that go on them so it will look like an OG one

Retail price to replace the windshield on the SDL is $1200. at the dealer.

Fortunately, I get a bit of a discount on it........

jeeze 1200 for that... I guess its worth it

Boy, those dealers sure have nasty crack habit....$1k for a windshield.
Most likely, they don't want to deal with replacing windshields, so they jack up the price to encourage people to go somewhere else.

PS: I got my rear window from a yard ($20) and 40 or 60 for the gasket. I have a front windshield (from a parts car) that is going in shortly. A lot of times the front and rear glass on a junkyard car isn't necessarily original, so for the huge price difference, it is definitely worth a look.

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09 Jetta TDI
1985 300D

You could probably buy another car at that price.

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DJ


84 300D Turbodiesel 190K with 4 speed manual sold in 03/2012

Look in his sig... its for a '99 E300D.

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John Robbins
'05 E320 CDI - 240k
'87 300TD - 318k

You could buy about 5 cars from 240joe.

I got a quote from a place that I have delt with in the past of $185. Thats for an after market manufacturer. They said OEM would be around $450 to $500. Oh yea the time that I got a cheep windshield from this place I matched perfectly.

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1983 300SD
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