JonCo

Did you do it yourself by buying the kits and 3M stuff? Or body shop. I plan on buying mine painted.

So what have you all done? Tips/regrets/fyi?

Thanks

ford4v429

shr sells everything...glass removal tool, urethane, and promoter- bring your own tape


there is a link on silverhorseracing.com in the 'how-to' section with full instructions here:
http://www.silverhorseracing.com/Ins...stallation.pdf

no regrets here- even though I screwed up the first install(no adhesion promoter) and went ahead and bought another set- love the way these look on the car. you could always get a glass shop to come out and install these- just be certain they use the adhesion promoter- trust me its not an option

JonCo

Yeah I know they sell the kits. Thats what I ment by "3M stuff". I guess my main question was how much people have been quoted by a body shop to install these.

Although I know I'll most likely end up installing them myself.

jayguy

I had glass shops telling me $100-$150 per window/louver to install, so I did it myself.

SilverHorse-----Racing

I'll just add that it's not terribly hard, just not a common procedure. Most shops will quote 2-3 hours labor at the prevailing local rate, but I've heard prices from 80.00 to 350.00, so it can be just about anywhere - if you're not sure about doing it yourself, I normally say that you should probably let a qualified shop do it, just for the peace of mind. Heck, I have scratch-built cars plenty of times, but there are still things that I defer to those that I know who have the tools and experience to get it done right the first time, and the money concern is normally a distant second. Just my opinion on it - of course, like has been mentioned, we do have everything you need should you want to do it yourself (like I did )

ShowGT

I recall when I called Marcello the day I had mine done and told him most glass shops will cut your labor if you remove the interior. The easy part, is you pull the seat and trim and let the glass/trim shop cut the glass.

JonCo

By the looks of things this glass removal is easier said then done? Even with all the nessesary tools? Hmm...

SilverHorse-----Racing

No, it goes exactly as described basically. There is no "magic" to it, and anyone that can handle a wrench or installing a PNP stereo could handle it if they desire - it's just the "mental" factor of cutting glass out of a car - most people don't do this regularly, and so there is a feeling that this is harder than it really is. FWIW, we consider the windshield on our race car a "wear" item and have replaced plenty of them through the years (rules state we can't use Lexan in our class due to the weight savings, money savings, etc...) and so it's just something we do, just like replacing brake rotors.

I'm not trying to make a "pitch" for them, just trying to point out that the R&R of them is relatively straightforward. When I talk to people about them that have manual transmission cars, I tell them (quite honestly) that it is about the same difficulty level as swapping the shifter on an 05+ car, and that hasn't seemed to slow down shifter sales from what I've seen...

JonCo

No your right and Im not the one to give up before trying.

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