Windshield glass and wiper replacement

[ToyotaTrk]

Tks for the part no. for the inserts. Put on rainx blades after glass replacement and now on the hunt for the strips - dealers out. Not worried - will look online. But the maybe bigger issue - took the car on the highway this am and now have a sort of chatter-like light tapping noise. Can’t pinpoint the source yet. Glass and all look ok. Only question I have is that the trim pieces on the roof, the ones on each side coming up from windshield have a slight up/down play. Not entirely tight to roof and a did notice a spot where the rubber trim is a little higher that the rest of the strip.... see pic. I only have a pre- replacement pic now. At dealer. I’ll have to post a now pic in a bit. Finally, in the beginning of the job I went out to check on the guy and I noticed the old glass had a busted shatter spot on the lower passenger side. I asked, whoa, what happened and the guy said he had a problem getting the trim out/off......

 

[bloc]

Tks for the part no. for the inserts. Put on rainx blades after glass replacement and now on the hunt for the strips - dealers out. Not worried - will look online. But the maybe bigger issue - took the car on the highway this am and now have a sort of chatter-like light tapping noise. Can’t pinpoint the source yet. Glass and all look ok. Only question I have is that the trim pieces on the roof, the ones on each side coming up from windshield have a slight up/down play. Not entirely tight to roof and a did notice a spot where the rubber trim is a little higher that the rest of the strip.... see pic. I only have a pre- replacement pic now. At dealer. I’ll have to post a now pic in a bit. Finally, in the beginning of the job I went out to check on the guy and I noticed the old glass had a busted shatter spot on the lower passenger side. I asked, whoa, what happened and the guy said he had a problem getting the trim out/off......

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That is just a thin rubber gasket to keep leaves and dirt out of the gap, but it is very sensitive to windshield placement. Also it is flexible and applied by the installer, and if they don’t get it straight I could imagine it being wavy or leaving gaps.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Post.... Back on highway to listen.... maybe the new rain blades? But don’t see any movement there.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

so not sure if I heard the noise again. after my Toyota service the manager showed me a wavy spot or 2 along the passenger side windshield trim that was not snug. while I as looking at the driver side I was able to push a spot down along the A pillar and heard a click sound. On the way home I went to safelite and had them look at it. It was hard for me to see, black rubber trim on the shiny windshield, but the guy had a good pen light and showed me spots on both A pillars where the trim is off the windshield - I could actually see the clips underneath. He said the glass needs to be removed and re-done. According to him the glass is pushed down too far. Not sure how that would happen as I remember seeing clips or rests if im not mistaken that the glass sits in when put down. Maybe they were just guides along the frame. Who knows??? What a hasse. I didn't really want to do this at first and now im reluctant to let anyone touch it.

The guy who came out and did the work was very confident. He said he's done these cars before( but I have to doubt that - especially after seeing the crack he caused while trying to get the trim off) . He mentioned that he'd been working for safelite for 6 months after working at the airport..... But I have to say, they are so few out there that the dealer shops do even know how to work 'em half the time. you ask a technical question and they dont know the answer. Heck even today when looking at the trim the manager said he wished he had another to look at bc he didn't know how it was suppose to be. They NEVER have one on the lot - ever.

 

[Big Timber]

Tks for the part no. for the inserts. Put on rainx blades after glass replacement and now on the hunt for the strips - dealers out. Not worried - will look online. But the maybe bigger issue - took the car on the highway this am and now have a sort of chatter-like light tapping noise. Can’t pinpoint the source yet. Glass and all look ok. Only question I have is that the trim pieces on the roof, the ones on each side coming up from windshield have a slight up/down play. Not entirely tight to roof and a did notice a spot where the rubber trim is a little higher that the rest of the strip.... see pic. I only have a pre- replacement pic now. At dealer. I’ll have to post a now pic in a bit. Finally, in the beginning of the job I went out to check on the guy and I noticed the old glass had a busted shatter spot on the lower passenger side. I asked, whoa, what happened and the guy said he had a problem getting the trim out/off......

I've got that same noise. Thought it was the wipers, but it's still there when I turn them on. It's probably the trim. Why didn't toyota come up with something better? These trim pieces are junk.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

so, being on vacation with nothing better to do I went back out to safelite to ask a question or 2 more and to get a print out of my re-do appointment - anticipating more issues. Maybe im being paranoid now, BUT, found this very interesting.... Bumped into the Tech I spoke with who looked at the job and he said, hang on, I want to show the boss something. So they come out , him and the asst mgr., and went straight to the vin. They were more interested in looking at the VIN plate that the original tech bent up and scratched. Its hard to tell, but the 6th character from the left(the 1st numeral) is actually scratched - maybe hard to see. And what I didn't notice before, when looking at the Vin from Left to Right, its now slanted up going to the right.... WTH ?!?

Maybe this should be a new thread?

 

[bloc]

Who did this install?

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Who did this install?

The one everyone says not to use, Safelite... HAHA. Gotta tell you, around here in New Orleans area have bad luck with most service stuff from shops, to ac work, etc., in general.... HARD, HARD, HARD to find good help. Read earlier in the post - wasn't thrilled, but I looked around and the choices didn't seem better. Even the dealers sub it out and I checked one or 2 and it was tough to get comfy. I guess maybe at least with the dealer, I would have had some back up maybe if something went bad. But, hate to sound negative, even with "normal" stuff the dealers say, "its no problem" when something is or they don't answer your emails or messages. The last time I used a dealer recommend tint guy for another car they stained the whole retractable headliner. BAD... It makes me tired.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

so I didn't know it was such a hassle to get a new vin plate for the dash. I have to actually turn in the old one when ordering a replacement for the damaged one safelite bent up and scratched. so if I do it, it means another windshield take apart ( which they have to do anyway to fix the bad glass install they did) to get the plate out. Put back together. 3 weeks or so later when it comes in (the plate), ANOTHER glass disassembly to install the vin and glass re-install.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Well, here’s the repair... Ordered a new one. 2 or 3 weeks and another uninstall glass and reinstall.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Ok, this from the re-do to remove the vin plate. Maybe I’m just expecting too much? Passenger side bottom windshield trim. Would you want this to fit better? Or, no big deal?

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Safelite installed the replacement vin today and this is what the passenger side trim looks like after their 3rd attempt at fixing the car....... These people are useless. They told me they aren't robots like the factory and this is the way the car came.

 

[ToyotaTrk]

Ok, I got the rainx wipers in April..... They have already started to streak and not clear the water. New OEM's going back on. I got had bought the RainX platinum, premium or something like that. Trash