I've gone through a few windshields in my day. Every time one's broken, I've just called up a glazier that participates with Allstate and they come do the replacement and bill insurance directly. (It falls under "comprehensive.")
A friend of minejust bought a brand new Chevy Malibu. His dad had more than $3000 in GM credit, and the dealer offered a huge discount. All in all, he only paid $1000 more than he did for his Cavalier 12 years ago.
In my limited experience with auto glass replacement, it seemed like there are a lot of brokers and middlemen taking the calls and parceling them out to random jobbers. I mean, the yellow pages is full of ads but after calling them it became clear all the calls were going to just a couple of call centers.
I had side glass replaced. The truck came to my house and was done in 10 minutes with machine efficiency. Dunno if windshield is harder to do; it seems like that might need a shop to mount it properly. You could call your dealer and see if they have a recommendation.
I used Harmon to replace my passenger window a few years ago when it got smashed in. They were one of the preferred vendors for my insurance carrier though, and as actionjbone said, it was completely covered. Are you sure glass isn't covered? I was told that a lot of states, Ga included, were making it mandatory in the minimum coverage. *shrug*
Windshields might be different anyway. It'll take at least a 2 man crew to do it, but they can definitely do it in the field as long as the weather's good. You might get better results in a shop though. Almost every field replacement I've seen has resulted in at least one leak.
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A friend of minejust bought a brand new Chevy Malibu. His dad had more than $3000 in GM credit, and the dealer offered a huge discount. All in all, he only paid $1000 more than he did for his Cavalier 12 years ago.
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i'm more interested in the shop than the rates.
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I had side glass replaced. The truck came to my house and was done in 10 minutes with machine efficiency. Dunno if windshield is harder to do; it seems like that might need a shop to mount it properly. You could call your dealer and see if they have a recommendation.
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Windshields might be different anyway. It'll take at least a 2 man crew to do it, but they can definitely do it in the field as long as the weather's good. You might get better results in a shop though. Almost every field replacement I've seen has resulted in at least one leak.
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