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BUSY BOLTERS Are you one?  The Shop Area
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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | Seeing I have a cracked lower corner on my side window I thought I's make a pattern and get a local glass shop to cut me out a couple new windows... you know keep it local and all that. On line they're 30 apiece incl. shipping more or less. No frame just the glass. One local shop say's 60 bucks apiece and the cheap one says $45 ea. So much for supporting the local guys... 
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 194 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 194 | You should install new seals or the excess travel may break the new glass, maybe why the old one broke. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | You should install new seals or the excess travel may break the new glass, maybe why the old one broke. Already have everything.
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 | There have been experiences here on Stovebolt where replacement windows purchased from an aftermarketer don't quite fit. At least with your local shops any adjustments will be easy to make.
Drew
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2011 Posts: 1,901 | Its just glass, if its to big the local shop is just gonna do what I'll do, put the sander to it and grind it down a bit more.
I guess I'm just an old school CASO
(Cheap [censored] stovebolt/studebaker owner)
Give me ambiguity
or give me something else
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