95escahoe
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Hello, I have a 95 Tahoe and for the 2 years and change I have had it there was always some minor surface rust along the top of the windshield and in that that little gap between the roof and the windshield was always something I was thinking about fixing. Well I had this tiny rock chip in my windshield smaller than the eraser on a pencil well hit a bump or something the other day now there's a crack going across the windshield about where the wipers rest, so called up Safelite and they gave me an estimate of 184 plus tax and some other add on fees and was wondering what kinda glass they use cause out of LMC a new windshield is around 200 and change so went down to the body shop near me (gonna get a few other prices too) and got an estimate, and he was telling me all kinds of horror story's about how Safelite and the other places insurance company's use tend to rush and the end result can be bad (found a bunch of complaints online too) so he was saying what happened was when the windshield was replaced before when they were cutting it out they more then likely scrapped the top area and that is what caused it to rust, and the windshield that was used was some cheap aftermarket one forget the name but it was an American company and it got bought out by some Chinese place and went downhill from there, so to fix all this right with an OEM windshield is 1500 gotta repaint/clear the whole roof to make it look right and remove and install the rack and if I go with an aftermarket windshield its only 200 bucks less (gonna get more prices on monday) so my truck has about 246k and change on it and besides this is in mint shape the frame and underneath is free of any major rot/rust, runs and drives mint (replaced many parts I would list but would be here for awhile) has the 99/00 Escalade/Denali conversion done too, I know I won't ever get any money back if I was ever to sell the truck or if anything happened to it, in the KBB it is listed at 3500 so I am kinda leaning towards using my tax money and getting this all fixed, I have thought about selling the truck and getting something else but then I would have a car payment and with the economy the way it is, its better to have less things you need to pay for every month, so what is everyone's opinions on this fix it or what, and anyone have any horror story's about Safelite or any other chain place that does windshields? thanks for the help/advice