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had a custy with a driver side front rollup that wouldn't roll up or down(window motor out). she insisted that she wanted the car tinted! she wouldn't leave me alone, so I finally gave in. the window was already disconnected from the regulator,so I decided I can take it out of the door,tint it and set it right back in place. well, all was going good until I sat the window on the hood of the car to move some stuff around. then that's when the glass decided to take a slide down the hood and onto the floor-then it hit me-I will never attempt to do this ever again!

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Broke few w/shields through the years, (not while tinting) but the one that I remember best is the back glass of an Intrepid.

While working for a dealership, I was pulling the old faded appliqués that were on the C pillars, the clip was stuck in the urethane, I snatched on it and POP, Crackle,crackle...

That sumbitch exploded... At the time it listed in NAGS for 3k. :rollin

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Well, call me what you will, but I broke my first piece of glass after tinting for over a year, I never thought it would happen to me. I was taking off the Rear-view mirror on a brand new ('08) Mustang. This mirror has now screw, it's got some sort of clip at the base. So stupidly I go to pry at it with a screw driver and, CRACK!!! right down the middle. Luckily I was able to have the windshield replaced before the end of that day. I bit the bullet for a factory windshield at $440. OUCH!! :eyebrows

Anybody know of a special tool for these new Ford rear view mirrors?

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Replaced two windshields due to breaking off rear view mirror. Replaced back glass on Sonota due to connectors breaking off. That's it in twenty one years.

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I broke the back window on a 1984 vette .the shock that is or was atached to the glass had no rubber around the shock and when I was taking it off kaboom

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I was doing a house with custy watching me push with blue max,he asked "ever brake window doing that " of course you know what happend right after I said no....Also a Lexus windshield puttinr reaview back on

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