Weird, I had Advance Auto Glass (same company as safelite apparently) replace mine last year when a rock hit it.

It cracked a month later. So they replaced it under warranty (in my driveway) and all has been well ever since, that was a year ago. The guy did a good job too...I was amazed.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I hope the paint work portion of the estimate includes spraying the entire car, because matching white isn't easy unless you're a painting god of some sort.

Don't trust Safelite to do anything correctly on any car, old or new. Some of their technicians are obviously people that care, but for the most part, they cut corners and just generally sloppy. They have managed to ruin a windshield and a rear window on an S-10 I owned years ago. More recently, they replaced a friend's windshield, and managed to not trim the urethane bed down enough, so now the glass is sitting about 3/8th of an inch above the body panel it should be flush with. A different friend of mine ended up with slices in their interior A-pillar trim thanks to Safelite. I have also watched two windshield installations performed by Safelite technicians from the apartment I was living in six months ago, and neither of them were performed correctly! No test fitting, no careful removal of trim - just slashing, slicing, squirting, and slapping. They have no pride in workmanship, and don't care if you are happy or not once they have your money.

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- K.C.Adams

'77 300D Euro Delivery
OM617 turbo / 4-speed swap
404 Milanbraun Metallic / 134 Dattel MB-Tex

Current status:
* Undergoing body work

My '77 300D progress thread

I got a small chip in my windshield, had it "fixed". No way I want to go through another windshield replacement.

BTDT. Also, can't completely trust dealers, not only do they make mistakes also, but some of them outsource the glass replacement.

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Gone to the dark side

- Jeff

For those of you interested, they are going to fix the damage at my body shop of choice, im out of town on business for another month so it will get fixed once i get home.

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1987 300SDL "Rudolf" 239k 8/10


Gone but not forgotten
-1980 F250 4X4 351C Snowplow "The Beast"
-1976 Caddy Eldo Convertible, in triple red. "Red headed Slut"
-2002 Honda Accord EX-V6 loaded 107k, My first brand new car!


*IM A HORRIBLE SPELLER*

That's really surprising. Most businesses these days seem to have the model of screw them let them sue and "then" do the right thing only because its cheaper at that point than paying the lawyers.

Next time. Do yourself a big favor. Don't go to a "generic" shop even if it seems more convenient. Unless your going to someone who works on these cars all day your going to get a substandard job at the same price or more. Do yourself a big favor and pay the extra money for the specialist even on the simple things.

I agree. I had the "Glass Doctor" replace my rear window seal it it was a real pain in the......glass.

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1979 240D- 316K miles - VGT Turbo, Intercooler, Stick Shift, Many Other Mods - Daily Driver

1982 300SD - 232K miles - Wife's Daily Driver

1986 560SL - Wife's red speed machine