Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
Check out Pilkington classic glass program if you end up needing a windshield. They sold me a Sigla glass for my w108 at a reasonable price recently... About $300+shipping. Jaime On Monday, September 29, 2014, Curly McLain via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Does anyone have a good

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Meade Dillon via Mercedes
Jaime, Is that program special, different from what an aftermarket installer would get? A couple years ago a Pilkington windshield was installed in my '95 sedan, and a month ago a rock strike cracked it. Seems to me that replacement windshields just aren't as strong as the originals, or maybe

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes
Next time try a smaller rock. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 8:03 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Jaime, Is that program special, different from what an aftermarket installer would get? A couple years ago a Pilkington windshield was installed in my '95 sedan, and a

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
there's a lot of that going around i used to carry around a late model coach purse. the thing the strap connects to broke. this pissed me off. so i got one from the 1970s. they are not even remotely comparable in quality. On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Rich Thomas via Mercedes
I just got the windshield in my Suburban replaced yesterday at Safelite. My wife caught some rocks from a dump truck on I-95 a coupla months ago, which cracked the glass in front of the driver. The crack that started in Houston on the pass side about 10 years ago never got much bigger and I

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-03 Thread Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes
I cracked the windshield in a new S class yesterday. A small stone hit it just right, I didn't even hear much of a bang. Oops. In related news my son bounced his stainless steel water bottle off the inside window of a C class this evening. Luckily, nothing broke. Only plastic cups in the car

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-01 Thread Curly McLain via Mercedes
Thank you for the part number. Sounds like a dealer with a good MBCA discount might be the way to go. Genuine MB seal is A1236700139, retails for $144 on various dealer websites. On 10/1/14, Curly McLain wrote: Does anyone have a good source, including dealers who will discount parts for

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-10-01 Thread Gary Hurst via Mercedes
you might be stuck as this might be the only road to quality. just make sure you aren't getting a chinese one from the dealer or a counterfeit one from someone online i personally approve of penoff's method of build a relationship with a local brick and mortar dealer and get them to sell you at

Re: [MBZ] 123 windshield gaskets

2014-09-30 Thread David Bruckmann via Mercedes
Genuine MB seal is A1236700139, retails for $144 on various dealer websites. On 10/1/14, Curly McLain wrote: Does anyone have a good source, including dealers who will discount parts for a 123 windshield gasket? OE or OEM, no Chinese stuff. Also,any suggestions for a windshield if the old one