80 Life
Wincher
As many of you already know Landcruiser windshields can be much harder to properly replace compared to the average vehicle shops work on.
The 100 Series has its special rivets molding and gasket, the 80 needs a proper weatherstrip and glue. It doesn't seem like a serious job until you hear about people taking off their windshield to find rust and a prior hack job which makes the next replacement quoted at $1000+ due to the extra work required to get the vehicle correct again.
Lets hear it if you have any shop or installer recommendations. Below is info I could pull from other threads.
Abra / Caliber Collison
- Boulder people swear by Abra for their LC glass needs. It seems that since Abra was bought by Caliber Collison which makes me weary. They used to know how to properly take care of these vehicles with OEM parts, but I would be curious about how they are now after 5ish years of being bought out by a huge corporation. Any one use one of these shops recently?
Safelite
- Millions of happy customers, hundreds of thousands of complaints. I wouldn't expect a Safelite tech to be a LC expert, but I have heard of people in other states asking their Lexus/Toyota dealer and being directed to a Safelite with a veteran installer who is an expert. I personally have had problems with the service at Safelite, but never any installation complaints.
The 100 Series has its special rivets molding and gasket, the 80 needs a proper weatherstrip and glue. It doesn't seem like a serious job until you hear about people taking off their windshield to find rust and a prior hack job which makes the next replacement quoted at $1000+ due to the extra work required to get the vehicle correct again.
Lets hear it if you have any shop or installer recommendations. Below is info I could pull from other threads.
Abra / Caliber Collison
- Boulder people swear by Abra for their LC glass needs. It seems that since Abra was bought by Caliber Collison which makes me weary. They used to know how to properly take care of these vehicles with OEM parts, but I would be curious about how they are now after 5ish years of being bought out by a huge corporation. Any one use one of these shops recently?
Safelite
- Millions of happy customers, hundreds of thousands of complaints. I wouldn't expect a Safelite tech to be a LC expert, but I have heard of people in other states asking their Lexus/Toyota dealer and being directed to a Safelite with a veteran installer who is an expert. I personally have had problems with the service at Safelite, but never any installation complaints.
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