kellen

Check with your insurance. Some provide complete glass complete glass coverage that doesn’t charge you for any glass replacement. That may include resealing or an unfortunate crack that may happen requiring a new windshield.

Safeco is who I go with.

Bruce In Philly

Yes about the no break but..... always a big butt in the room eh?

The dealer used a new guy to install a new windshield (owner's son started in service and liked someone else)... new guy did a bad job, took the car back... got the old guy to redo the windshield. All was covered by the dealer at this point... they said the old one came out no breakage so they put a new seal in and re-seated it properly. Where's the big butt? Well about 1.5 years later I got a leak... it must have been there the whole time... car had to be canted just right... I thought it was the roof drains..... long story... finally got it sealed myself with some Permatex windshield sealant. Soooo...... what does this all mean? I dunno... I suspect (just my imagination) there was some old adhesive hardened on the glass preventing a good seal.

BTW, if your indy does it... demand and pay for OEM glass. Lotsa stories about this... just ask how I know.

BTW, the old 986 Boxsters and 996 911s had wind noise issues with the alignment of the front hood and bumper.... the tape trick was required to get it just right otherwise you could stop the noise but it wouldn't look right.

Peace
Bruce in Philly

o'bluetouring

Thanks Bruce, for the info. I found your old threads about your issues too, and I'm wondering how easy do you think for the next windshield guy to clean off Permatex? I'm asking because the windshield vendor both my local Porsche dealer and my Indy uses told me yesterday that if he puts more sealants in as a remedy for now, it will be difficult for someone to really make the next windshield flush to the metal frame, similar to your situation a year or so after the initial installation. He said at that time I might need to get a bodyshop involved to sand down the dried glue.

At this time I got a quote for $1100 for OEM glass + labor (btw my insurance deductible is $1000 so I won't go through insurance), but I feel even now I might have to sand down the glue for a flush mount. So I think I should just get the Permatex sealant you mentioned and drip some into the gaps underneath the rubber seal.

Bruce In Philly

That Permatex sealant is not a strong adhesive. It is a very low viscosity silicone. When it dries, it is silicone. However it doesn't seem to stick real well... in other words, that stuff will just peel off.

Peace
Bruce in Philly

o'bluetouring

Got it. Thanks!! So I think that might work for me as a remedy to hopefully reduce the wind noise, and it won't be hard to remove when I'm ready for new windshield.

I just sent an email to the Porsche dealer that I purchased this CPO from, and asked them if they have any records of the windshield being replaced while the last owner had it (the last owner serviced the car multiple times according to CarFax and AutoCheck), and hopefully there is warranty left for the workmanship. Or hopefully they'll give me a deal on new windshield installation since they didn't catch (or ignored) this during the CPO process.

PritchardHill

For those of you who had a bad windshield install job could you describe the noise? I just got my windshield replaced by the dealer and I finally had a chance to drive on the freeway for a short stretch where I got some wind noise when I'm +70mph. I'm not sure if I'm just being OCD, it was a little windy or the windshield wasn't done properly. I need to find time to go for another drive, but there's no visible gaps between the seal and windshield.

I'm not getting any whistling or buzzing, but more just like it's windy.