Hello, I'm looking for suppliers for a 3.0CS windshield. I'm aware of the W&N options, but I need this in the US (San Diego), and I'm hesitant about potential damage during shipping. Would also like any recommendations for SoCal installers that are known to be good at the rope technique. Thank you, John.
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I have 15+ in stock. A fresh wooden crate just delivered.
Fronts, rears, clear and green.
Cardboard boxes are a fail.
in NorCal.
Fronts, rears, clear and green.
Cardboard boxes are a fail.
in NorCal.
John, not sure if you’d want to drive up for it, but I have one in Los Angeles available.
Walloth sells windshields- and ship insured
Thank you to each of you for the quick replies! I'm going to talk to a couple installers today, both in Escondido. One is Grace Auto Glass, and the other is Hjeltness Restoration. I'll hopefully learn more and then get back to you based on my findings. I really appreciate your help... I've already learned a lot about this using the search utility on the forum... an amazing resource.
Almost a fail...UPS tried their best to make it one. The bubble wrap and closed cell foam around the edge of the windshield shown in the last two pics were the only plastic packing materials used. All the rest of the padding was made of paper. I was beyond amazed that it was intact.
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High Impact Labels By ShockWatch | ShockWatch
ShockWatch Impact Labels deter mishandling and reduce damage-related costs to your products in storage or in transit
www.shockwatch.com.au
The Shock Watch security sticker visible on the box is a whip for couriers.
Any courier who sees this type of security sticker treats the parcel like an egg.
In this case it is an anti-shock sticker.
If the parcel falls from a certain height or is thrown to the ground, the sleeve in the sticker breaks and the dye spills out, indicating that the parcel was transported incorrectly.
Thanks to such information, the courier company must accept the complaint in case of damage to the contents of the package.
A courier whose dye sleeve breaks during transport is directly responsible for the damage.
I know this because I employed a former courier in the company and heard interesting stories...
I recommend these stickers. There are several types of them.
Since I ordered them to the company, the problems with damaged contents of parcels sent to customers have ended.
I sincerely recommend it to anyone who needs to send delicate items that require careful transport.
This sticker is interesting:
TiltWatch Plus tilt indicator - monitor angle of tilt
The Tiltwatch Plus tilt indicator determines the exact angle of tilt and from what direction the shipment tilted and if completely overturned.
www.shockwatch.com.au
The package cannot tip over or even tilt to the side. If this happens, the ball in the tunnel on the sticker will change its position...
Brilliant in its simplicity.
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Lucas - this was my first time seeing one of these devices. It does seem quite clever and effective. The problem in my case was the sticker was still intact even though one end of the package was completely torn open. Whatever force tore the box open was obviously perpendicular to the direction of force required to set off the shock watch. No harm though as the windshield was completely intact inside the box.
Perhaps the packaging of another shipment damaged the windshield packaging.
The most important thing is that the windshield is completely undamaged.
This type of sticker protects against falling or throwing the package.
Shock Watch stickers certainly make couriers treat shipments marked this way with greater care.
The most important thing is that the windshield is completely undamaged.
This type of sticker protects against falling or throwing the package.
Shock Watch stickers certainly make couriers treat shipments marked this way with greater care.
My windshield journey ended very well, thanks to lots of help from this forum. Just thought I'd share some observations...
In searching for the gasket (AKA sealing frame) I found that bmwpartsearch.com seems to have noticeably lower prices than the other online portals to various other dealers. This one is associated with BMW Northwest in Tacoma, WA. Their gasket is $270. Others are between 300 and 400. BMW of San Diego is over 400. I looked at some other parts and I found these guys to be cheaper on those, also. Might be worth checking them if you're buying something from BMW.
I used a neighborhood shop in San Diego called Mission Hills Automotive to do the install. They use a guy named Luis, the Glass Man, to come to their shop and do it, and he did a fantastic job. Don't know his last name; he seems to work with local shops as opposed to running his own business, I think. He was able to do it with the old/original gasket left in place, which I encouraged if possible (based on helpful advice from this forum). I bought the new gasket as explained above so he could use it (without delay) if he found that he couldn't use the old one during the install. Thanks to various people on the forum for info on this aspect. BTW, the guy that runs Mission Hills Auto (Fred) is an E30 fanatic, and a really nice guy.
Thanks to @Breiti for pointing out the vulnerability of the defroster vents when pulling the rope (in a different thread). I mentioned this to the shop, and my vents survived the process. We'll never know what would have happened otherwise, but this seems like great advice to me. The old plastic is so brittle!
And a big thank you to @offpage for selling me his windshield. It went in smoothly according to the shop... only took an hour. For others reading this, this windshield is from Walloth and Nesch. I'm lucky to be geographically close to offpage so I just drove to his place and got it. I think @sfdon also has some in the bay area. Of course, they can be bought from W&N, but that entails the shipping risks discussed above.
Finally, Hagerty covered this under their "other than collision" policy, and they were fast. There was a little confusion at first, but after that they issued an immediate payment of $300 to (in their words) "get me started". I thought that might be all I'd get, but I was wrong. I documented my expenses and received full reimbursement within hours of sending it to them! I didn't ask them to pay for the gasket since it wasn't used. They had no problem with me being the "general contractor" or my private transaction for the windshield, though it may have helped that I provided a Zelle statement showing my payment to @offpage. I'm very impressed with the way Hagerty handled this.
Sorry this is so long winded, but I hope some of this is helpful info for some of you.
Thanks again to everyone,
John
In searching for the gasket (AKA sealing frame) I found that bmwpartsearch.com seems to have noticeably lower prices than the other online portals to various other dealers. This one is associated with BMW Northwest in Tacoma, WA. Their gasket is $270. Others are between 300 and 400. BMW of San Diego is over 400. I looked at some other parts and I found these guys to be cheaper on those, also. Might be worth checking them if you're buying something from BMW.
I used a neighborhood shop in San Diego called Mission Hills Automotive to do the install. They use a guy named Luis, the Glass Man, to come to their shop and do it, and he did a fantastic job. Don't know his last name; he seems to work with local shops as opposed to running his own business, I think. He was able to do it with the old/original gasket left in place, which I encouraged if possible (based on helpful advice from this forum). I bought the new gasket as explained above so he could use it (without delay) if he found that he couldn't use the old one during the install. Thanks to various people on the forum for info on this aspect. BTW, the guy that runs Mission Hills Auto (Fred) is an E30 fanatic, and a really nice guy.
Thanks to @Breiti for pointing out the vulnerability of the defroster vents when pulling the rope (in a different thread). I mentioned this to the shop, and my vents survived the process. We'll never know what would have happened otherwise, but this seems like great advice to me. The old plastic is so brittle!
And a big thank you to @offpage for selling me his windshield. It went in smoothly according to the shop... only took an hour. For others reading this, this windshield is from Walloth and Nesch. I'm lucky to be geographically close to offpage so I just drove to his place and got it. I think @sfdon also has some in the bay area. Of course, they can be bought from W&N, but that entails the shipping risks discussed above.
Finally, Hagerty covered this under their "other than collision" policy, and they were fast. There was a little confusion at first, but after that they issued an immediate payment of $300 to (in their words) "get me started". I thought that might be all I'd get, but I was wrong. I documented my expenses and received full reimbursement within hours of sending it to them! I didn't ask them to pay for the gasket since it wasn't used. They had no problem with me being the "general contractor" or my private transaction for the windshield, though it may have helped that I provided a Zelle statement showing my payment to @offpage. I'm very impressed with the way Hagerty handled this.
Sorry this is so long winded, but I hope some of this is helpful info for some of you.
Thanks again to everyone,
John