FlyingDutchman

Anyone has a recommendation for a shop that has experience with our cars to replace a windshield? Safelite does not want to touch it....

thanks.

dhc905

I had mine done at Auto Glass Now at 1258 W Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94607. I brought my own windshield gasket, and they ordered the Pilkington windshield. Without my asking (forgot), they reapplied anti-rust and did a great job with it. The guy also inspected for rust and said he didn't see any. Total after tax I believe was about $500, not including the $50 for the gasket.

union

wrong thread. Sorry!

Derek911

Well, since this thread was brought back to life, has anyone else used the Pilkington Glass? I'm assuming this, along with a genuine Porsche gasket works fine. I have heard some replacements dont fit. My dealer wanted $1400 for Porsche Glass. My glass isnt broken, just pitted.

Derek911

Update:
​​​​​​My body shop is very good and deals with a lot of foreign classics and they have a windshield installer so I went with them versus Safelite or my local glass company. The main reason was that the others could not source Pilkington glass. I gave my body shop the number to Pilkington Classics
​​​​​​and they ordered it direct from Pilkington and they sent it freight to the body shop. I used a Porsche oem gasket from pelican and the fit is perfect. $700 installed. If you go to Pilkington's website, they have a phone number for classic car windhsields.

Safelite uses Sekurit which some say is a tad small for the 964. The Pilkington glass has no fit issues with the oem gasket.

dhc905

^^ Sekurit I believe is the same mfg as OEM. At Safelite I believe they used a Pilkington glass for my replacement + OEM gasket. Have had no issues (cost about $500 installed).

Derek911

Sekurit is made by Saint Gobain and safelite told me that's what they have in stock. I asked if they could source the Pilkington and never heard back from them.
​​​​​​Rennlist and Pelican is my guide... There are a few posts about new sekurit glass being too small. No bad Pilkington posts. We also know that the OEM gasket is a must. I didnt want to take a chance and made sure I got Pilkington glass and purchased the oem gasket myself.

Derek911

dhc905

Yup, I have the same one, though I probably would have gone with Sekurit/St. Gobain if they had it in stock given it's OEM. I think I saw somewhere that Pilikington is also made by the same folks, which is why I used what they had in stock.

Also make sure they put in a slather of anti-rust when they're in there. Mine had none, but they reapplied some stuff at my request anyway.

Derek911

I took the old windshield out myself the day before the install to make sure the channel was clean and done right. There were 4 spots of rust under the gasket. I cleaned everything up... Hit the rust spots with POR15 starter kit... And touched up any non rusted bare spots with touch up paint.

ToniWonKanobi

Do you have the antenna in your glass?

Derek911

Yes, I have the antenna. They make one with and without the antenna. Also one with some type of film on the inside that I was unfamiliar with.