Techniques for shipping E3 windshields

[rblongboarder]

I'm wondering if anyone on the forum has successfully shipped an E3 windshield without damage?

If so, how did you do it? Custom padded container? Double-walled cardboard box with stiffeners round the edge / perimeter?

Internet searches revealed custom crates like this one:

Custom Windshield Crates | BDL Supply

Our custom crates, cut to protect your assets, can be used to transport many fragile products, including car windshields and other glass materials. Call today!

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Looks like some guys on the Opel forums have similar issues. Here's a thread where they used pipe insulation to protect the edges of the glass:

https://www.opelgt.com/threads/shipping-windshields.114229/

I see a custom crate & shipping materials in my future....

 

[Mark Wilson]

I ordered a full set of glass from https://www.wallothnesch.com/ and they packed it so well that it came all the way from Germany to New Zealand without problem.

 

[Sean Haas]

Mine was shipped to me in a vary large multi-walled cardboard box on top of a pallet.

 

[e30strube]

Walloth and Nesch shipped mine in a crate with a bunch of cardboard padding. The crate and cardboard were destroyed by the time it made it to the States, but the glass was fine.

 

[boonies]

Waloth shipped mine (2021) and it was poorly packed in a box that looked like UPS had dragged it behind the truck. Unfortunately it survived intact. I say unfortunately as it was poorly cut (they had a bad batch a few years ago) and it took three installers to get it in and after cutting the glass to fit it broke. New one from W&N was shipped in the same long box but arrived in great condition and went right in.

It was a long rectangular box. The edge was protected by a foam roll that was cut and slipped over the glass and the box was packed with paper as I recall.