ddpsnake
Well-Known Member
Just got off the phone with the body shop owner he says he is going to pay.
Let me say once bitten twice shy.Will see what happens when its time to pick her up.I install carpet not once did i try to hide any thing from my customers, there word of mouth is gold to me.Nice guy. Is he back in your good book?
And that's fine, but the shop should have called the owner and said "Hey, we need to pull your glass. Is that okay? And by the way... there is no warranty for this work so if we break the glass it's all on you. Do you still want to okay this?"i don't care about the past
call a glass shop and ask about
removing a windshield and report back what they tell you..lol
Wow yes that would upset me I have been a body man for better than 45 yrs in shops I worked when we used a outside glass shop to do all our removal and installation they always warranted the job if they broke it the replaced it at no costThe 71 is very close to have paint.Would you be pissed or am I nuts.Hears the story took the car to the body shop 3 mouths ago.One mouth into it they call and say i would feel better removing front and rear glass,i say ok.Just yesterday the shop who took out the glass gave me a price to reinstall the glass + a new front windshield WTF, O he says that shattered and you need all new clips,no way i said the clips are like new I know i seen them first hand,so I ordered new got them today.The thing that gets me and we called the owner of the body shop why after 2 mouths we just find out now,all he can say is he sorry.Something does not add up,is the glass shop trying to sell me my owned glass,or did it break.The body shop contracted the glass shop not me and there was no talk about breaking glass,bonded glass is far easier to remove than gasket right.What would you do.PS this shop has done 3 cars for us, with no problems.
Well said knowing this will be my last car,due to having a few problems now after having a stroke some 5 years ago,I just cant handell the stress with building a car,I bit the bullet and told the shop I will pay for the glass.If there is another car I will by one done.yes the body shop should have explained that there is a chance the windshield could break. the bigger picture is they wanted it out and once out could inspect for damage issues and generally do a nicer job. What does a paint job like this run? What are we talking about when materials alone could be close to a grand alone? Five six thousand or more? Whats a windshield 350 dollars?You told the guy ok take out the windshield and it broke and its not as if he took it out with out telling you which is a whole other story. The guy did three other cars with no problems so honestly if it were me id pay for new glass and tell them you pay for the install and everyone should be happy. A guy who does good work, never ripped you off before and does work in a timely manor is not all that easy to find, thats something worth considering