C4 windshield replacement
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C4 windshield replacement
I ma considering replacing my stock 1985 windshield when I have the car painted next month, but I wonder if the new version are decent quality and @ how much do they cost?
Anybody replace a windshield in the 84-96?
Is the windshield the same for all years?
TIA
Anybody replace a windshield in the 84-96?
Is the windshield the same for all years?
TIA
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Windshields are the same except ZR1. ZR1 start off the same then they get a micro-metalic coating (Sun screen 
) except for the radar detector hole because LT5s took up so much room the AC compressor was diminutive.
) except for the radar detector hole because LT5s took up so much room the AC compressor was diminutive.
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I have never had one replaced, but from everything I have read on here you want to make sure the installer has done a C4 before.
I have read some "horror stories" on this, so do some searching and read all you can.
Replacing a C4 windshield isn't anything like on a newer car.
I think some of the molding is either really expensive or is no longer available.
So, the installer has to know what he's doing to keep from ruining it.
I have read some "horror stories" on this, so do some searching and read all you can.
Replacing a C4 windshield isn't anything like on a newer car.
I think some of the molding is either really expensive or is no longer available.
So, the installer has to know what he's doing to keep from ruining it.
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Do it all the time. Call around several shops for a price, but they all get them from the same warehouse (no matter what they say). You are probably going to need the A pillar weatherstrip, it a lot cheaper if you get it rather than pay the windshield guy for it. You can also take off the trim yourself, it's fairly easy especially if it's had a windshield replacement before. I'm getting C4's for about $150 installed, C5's for $200.
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Lots of shops won't do them because of the flimsy side and top moldings. My 87 w/s cracked and only one guy would do it. He actually pulled it down and out from the bottom and then reinstalled the new one. $225.
