NotMatt
NAXJA Forum User
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- Wenatchee, WA
Alright, I tried searching, but I got only a couple hits on "windshield", none of which had anything to do with actually replacing it, so go easy on me.
Anyway, on to the topic. My XJ has a newly acquired set of circular cracks in the windshield (think baseball) due to a friend deciding he was going to head-butt it while sitting in the passenger seat (yeah... WTF is exactly the same thing I said). Anyway, he is going to pay to have the windshield replaced, so I'm looking for advice here. My dad and my brother both have experience setting windshields, once in a 79 chevy van, once in an older porsche and once in a 61 ford P/U, and both said they thought if it wasn't much different than these vehicles that they could help me replace the cherokee windshield. If I do it myself, I can pocket the rest of the money that it would've cost to have it replaced professionally.
So, I'm going to call around to some wrecking yards and see how much a replacement will cost, but I want to post up here and see if anyone has any experience in this area. Are there any gotchas that are different than a standard windshield that I should be aware of? How do I go about getting the chrome trim off from around the outer edge of the windshield? Anyone ever successfully done this before?
Anyway, on to the topic. My XJ has a newly acquired set of circular cracks in the windshield (think baseball) due to a friend deciding he was going to head-butt it while sitting in the passenger seat (yeah... WTF is exactly the same thing I said). Anyway, he is going to pay to have the windshield replaced, so I'm looking for advice here. My dad and my brother both have experience setting windshields, once in a 79 chevy van, once in an older porsche and once in a 61 ford P/U, and both said they thought if it wasn't much different than these vehicles that they could help me replace the cherokee windshield. If I do it myself, I can pocket the rest of the money that it would've cost to have it replaced professionally.
So, I'm going to call around to some wrecking yards and see how much a replacement will cost, but I want to post up here and see if anyone has any experience in this area. Are there any gotchas that are different than a standard windshield that I should be aware of? How do I go about getting the chrome trim off from around the outer edge of the windshield? Anyone ever successfully done this before?