Windshield replacement feedback

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by Penguin

I won't get into dealer-installed vs. aftermarket (with dealer-installed really being installed by a dealer-selected outside installer), but nowadays the windshield adds an appreciable amount of structural integrity, unlike the old days. So one should be concerned with proper installation and bonding, whoever installs the glass -- it's not just appearance and no leaks any more.

OK, agreed that it must be installed correctly, but how does a BMW install (BMW subcontracted install that is) differ from just going to an aftermarket installer in the first place?

I will post a link to a thread where Weasel states he is currently the only tech at his dealership that does windshield installation and he says the following;

The only problem I have seen with glass company installs is that they sometimes run too fat a bead of urethane and inadvertently glue the a-pillar covers and headliner to the glass.... but any glass man who actually know what they are doing would see the narrow glue path and use a v-cut tip on the glue.

Here is the thread.

http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...placement.html