I am talking with a respected shop about repairing the rust under my windshield seal. They are telling me that there is some chance they will break the windshield. Is this a reasonable risk? Should I find another shop? I do not want to lose my original glass.

 

I broke my windshield trying to get it out.
It can be really stuck in there and little chips and so forth can create weak spots.
Luckily windshields are available -- unluckily the new seals from Porsche are terrible.
I switched to 993 glass and seals.

 

They successfully removed the windshield without breakage, but now are telling me they may break it going back in. Anyway, here is the worst of the rust found. Mostly on one side and the center front edge. I caught it early. Does this look like the windshield was previously removed and sealed?

 

I really need to get the bubbles fixed on mine

 

Can anyone confirm the correct windshield seal has a seam or is it a continuous loop? Mine came back from re-assembly with a seam in the bottom front center.

 

It has a seam. However, the seam should be connected (like, it comes as one continuous loop, but there is a line where the rubber was connected in manufacturing)

 

If you are replacing the seal just take a razor knife and cut the surface of the old seal and the windshield cannot get damaged that way. The issue is the new seals are garbage from the factory and don't fit correctly. If they can't install a windshield without breaking it find someone else who can it isn't that difficult to do. I have done at least 20 over the years and never broke one.

Unfortunately I am seeing new seals splitting at the seams and are poorly ground which BTW are all slightly undersized. I had one seal come apart just by pulling it out of the bag from the factory.