Got bill from local glass company today $250 labor to install 2 windshields..reasonable??????
Bob, if that is to install two in a XL it could be a touch high, did they come to your place? Did they supply any materials like the gaskets?
Out and in about an hour each should be plenty of time for a pro. Doing them both at the some time should shave some time off. If coming back later to seal with urethane is part of the deal then the price is reasonable.
I personally don't think urethane is necessary on an XL windshield gasket.
I had scaffold ready..was easy install..old windows out...new gaskets and lock strip from prevost..so just labor to put in..Bob
Replaced two of mine last August, 2010.
Local Glass Company
MCI 9 ...Drove in--Drove out.
They charged 4 man hours @ $65.00 $260.00 total Labour
They did removal and install of new.
Your rate is about the same.
taibob
was a little shocked..was expecting 150. first bill was $500..they said it was a mis communication to office girl should be 250..for pair not 250 each. Bob
Bob that is about right with what I pay considering they came to you and have to charge time from and back to the shop.
I used to pay $100 each windshield until we got the new Setra's and now they charge my $150 each as the new ones are so huge! (but I take the bus to them !)
That was in Union City, I haven't looked for a local company yet as I've not replaced any since we moved!
;D BK ;D
250 sounds good to me Bob I got a bill from Prevost in Dallas for 380 bucks for installing 1 windshield in a H-45 it is a big windshield but I thought 350 was bad till I read the total bill man those windshields are pricey for a H series
good luck
Guess it's just tight wad me! and the should have done it my self regrets!still on tract for around 20 grand for rebuild..Still counting pennies.Got 6 polished Alcoa wheels for 300 for set so I guess I picked up over run on windshield. Guess the bill is in line.. windshields cost me 179 each delivered gaskets with expansion 150 each so new windshields in for about $930 total. Thanks for comeback Bob
Bob
Who did you use?
Dwayne
Siemers on Walnut/ sent two guys out for 2 hrs
Bob
I was just quoted $35.00 per windshield, labor only, here in Springfield. I thought that was about right but now I think I was really given an outstanding price.
Rob
91 Prevost LeMirage XL40
Missouri
sounds like a good price according to what others posted. Bob
I paid my local guy in Nipawin $60 cash to put two windshields in my LeMirage this summer. He was very apologetic about the price, in fact he may have only asked for $40. I did a lot of the work - got the old glass out, cleaned the rubbers and helped him put the new ones in. It seemed like too little to me but that was all he wanted and it didn't really take very long.
I just had my windshields removed so a new cap could be installed on my Eagle 20 to get rid of the ugly destination sign. I supplied a new rubber and they charged $250.00 to remove and reinstall. They had to fight to the seal during the reinstall, so I think I did get my value. I was a little disappointed that when I ordered the new rubber seal that the lock strip didn't come with the seal. So, at the last minute I had to order the lock strip and it was not part of the cost of the rubber seal. Why would you use and old lock strip with a new rubber seal? Is it normal to sell them separately?
Art
No free lunch on windshield install if the 35 and 40 dollar installers break a windshield who is going to pay been there done that,sometime the 250 installers balk at paying for a broken windshield
good luck
I did my own window installs............sides and windshields....the side windows were a beast.....the front windows were worse! I broke two windows doing the install.........I think that $250 was a bargain...LOL!
Art, the lock has never came with the seal for Eagle windshields FWIW watch the seal they send Eagle used 2 different seals you need the wide a little over 1 inch the 20's and 15 had the best seal because of it's larger size
good luck
Quote from: luvrbus
No free lunch on windshield install if the 35 and 40 dollar installers break a windshield who is going to pay been there done that,sometime the 250 installers balk at paying for a broken windshield
good luck
Again Clifford is 100% right on!
I once asked the guy @ Union City Glass why he was charging about twice more than someone else quoted me. His response was exactly that!
"If they break the glass who pays for the new one you, or them? I may not like it, but if my guys break one we pay for it!" And he apologized (for a second!) when he raised my price by 50% on the S417's from $100 to $150. He said "I know it's more, but those new windshields gotta run $500-600 each!" (he nearly got me with the coffee he spit up when I told him "try $1200 each, but the shipping is free!") His delayed response was "um' good thing we have insurance just incase!"
Every since he mentioned the fact that they pay for replacing broken ones I always take it to them. (especially the S417's) The way I look at it is $1200 + $150 = a whole lot less than $1200 + $1200 + $1200 + - - - - - - (you get the idea!)
;D BK ;D
Quote from: Busted Knuckle on November 15, 2010, 05:49:27 PM
Bob that is about right with what I pay considering they came to you and have to charge time from and back to the shop.
I used to pay $100 each windshield until we got the new Setra's and now they charge my $150 each as the new ones are so huge! (but I take the bus to them !)
That was in Union City, I haven't looked for a local company yet as I've not replaced any since we moved!
;D BK ;D
BK, have you had a Dina windshield replaced yet? JD charges me something like $1,500 labor to change one out. The Dinas don't have a lock strip like a normal windshield and the seal is huge. Both windshields have to come out to replace one. It cost close to $3,000 for two new windshields, rubber seal, and labor the first time. When I hit the goose and broke just one windshield it cost around $2,000.
Luckily, I have full glass coverage and my insurance paid both times. My insurer didn't balk at the bill. I was going to pay myself to have the windshields resealed, but the auto glass place showed me where the windshields were delaminating and the windshields needed replacement. I didn't do it right away and then remembered some months later that I have full glass coverage.
Brian,
No I haven't had to replace any in the Dina yet. And if Union City Glass says it'll be anywhere close to $1500 labor (we have the windshields shipped to them and we pay for them) the guy that owns it will be paying! (it is on lease to us, and not really our bus! We just keep it here and run it when needed and make sure the maintenance is kept up!)
;D BK ;D
Quote from: luvrbus on November 16, 2010, 05:21:21 AM
No free lunch on windshield install if the 35 and 40 dollar installers break a windshield who is going to pay been there done that,sometime the 250 installers balk at paying for a broken windshield
My guy told me that they had stopped doing motorhomes because of exactly that. The windshields are really expensive and they end up breaking after a day because the frames flex so he wouldn't do them anymore. He probably wouldn't have done mine either but I asked so nicely. ;D
I guess it depends how much you're paying for the glass. At $250 for my glass I'd chance doing it myself before I paid anybody $250 to put it in.
When I had my windshield replaced last year due to hitting the goose C&J Bus Repair broke the first windshield and had to order another one on their dime. The windshields cost between $300 and $400 each. My bus ended up sitting at C&J Bus Repair for a month. JD would only have one of his guys do the windshield and he was on vacation one week plus it took at least a week to get a new windshield.
Brian,
Not knocking JD or anything (I have always gotten good prices on parts from him and SO MUCH valuable advice from him I could never complain about him or his prices), but @ $1500 labor I would be most upset if they didn't replace a broken one on their dime!
With a labor cost like that it's almost as if there is already a replacement built in just in case!
Just my honest opinion!
;D BK ;D
If I had been paying I certainly would have challenged the cost. Since the insurance company was paying, I never saw the itemized bill to question it. JD sent an estimate to the insurance company, got a purchase order from them, and sent them the final bill.
JD said after the first time he replaced the two windshields that he wouldn't do it again, but he did replace another one when I hit the goose.
MCI 102A3 had both windshields changed out with new gasket in 2008 Took the glass man about four hours to complete the job. We got the windshields fairly easily. Then we started the install. Just couldn't get the lock strip in around the corners. So I told him lets tackle this job tomorrow when the sun is full on the windshield. Should go better in the heat. He agreed. Came the next day and the lock strip went fully in within an hour. He also replaced the worn windshield on the '02 Jetta. Total bill $325.
Those three piece windshields are not high on my 'Gee I really want to that again list'.
Bill
I have to replace the Right side Windshied on my MCI 9 and I was quoted yesterday by a local dealer 1100 for windshield and install I thought that was a little high I still have to gt it done
Fred call Mci parts I think they are in the $200 dollar range delivered.