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General Boards => Technical Support => Topic started by: harry kew on January 14, 2017, 04:12:08 PM

Title: Windshield
Post by: harry kew on January 14, 2017, 04:12:08 PM
We're in the Palm Springs area and later heading to the Phoenix area looking for recommendations on there to have windshield replaced.

Thanks HARRY

1999 Beaver Patriot 40'
Title: Re: Windshield
Post by: Steve Huber on January 14, 2017, 04:45:17 PM
Harry,
RV Glass Solutions is a club sponsor. They have a shop in west Phoenix and will be at the Indio rally in CA and the FMCA rally in Chandler AZ. They've done some work for me and I was very satisfied. A link to their web site is on the BAC home page.
Steve
Title: Re: Windshield
Post by: harry kew on January 15, 2017, 06:26:39 PM
Thanks Steve I'll give them a call
Title: Re: Windshield
Post by: Rick Mayer on January 15, 2017, 11:23:27 PM
Harry, if you happen to be a USAA member, they will bring the windshield replacement to you.  Had it done in south Texas several years ago.
Title: Re: Windshield
Post by: Keith Moffett Co-Admin on January 15, 2017, 11:47:40 PM
Harry
We had a 98 Patriot.  Turned out that the windshield flange was cut too small at the factory.  Many Beavers hadthis problem.  The factory installed the windshield so that it would flex using little or no glue.  This ended up with leaks and windshields popping out or just cracking in the frame under stress.
We lost a windshield over winter just sitting on our pad.  There are no RV glass shops in our small town and an auto glass  shop offered us a 3K per side estimate.  RV glass solutions found a local mobile guy and made sure he was qualified.  He checked out the job and ordered the windshield from them.  It onlytook a couple days and he was back with new glass and gasket and glue and a really bad cold.  No he wouldnt go home because he promised to get her done.  He called RV Glass who walked hi  through it again and the install was flawless.  Never broke again and no wind noise.
I strongly reccommend RV Glass Solutions.