I read the previous thread regarding windshields and have a couple of questions, as my windshield was cracked on Friday by some flying debris and I am trying to deal with the insurance company.
Q1--is the windshield a dealer only part?
Q2--What all is in the front windshield. It looks like it has the antenna in the windshield up by the rear view mirror and does the front windshield have anything in it that helps with the front defrost? I don't want to get stuck with some aftermarket part that isn't going to work with my radio or my front defrost temperture controls.
My insurance company of course is telling me there are after-market windshields but I am trying not to get hosed. If I had had the car for 4 years maybe I c ould care a little less but I have had the car for 3 months now and want the right windshield in the car.
Thanks
Modified by golfrbob2 at 4:57 PM 8/13/2007
2003 M45 windshield questions...
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Re: 2003 M45 windshield questions... (golfrbob2)
Welcome to NICO!
Some people have reported here that it is only a dealer part ... at least at the moment.
1. Tell the insurance company about the age of the car and see if they will budge.
2. Check out the after-market parts and see if they are good enough and have everything in it that an Infiniti part would. If not, then they do not have a case for "equivalent parts" and you should be able to force the issue.
3. If all else fails, then bite the bullet. I have, in the past, worked out a deal with the installer (part was my rear bumper). The insurance insisted on a "refurbished" bumper, I wanted new. So, after arguing (and not winning) with the insurance company, I told the installer to go ahead and get the new part anyway and I would pay for the difference.
Turned out to be a $60 or $65 difference (on the cost of the bumper) for a just-under $1000 total work (the total for paint, installation and labor was more expensive than the bumper!). Worth it to me.
Z
Some people have reported here that it is only a dealer part ... at least at the moment.
1. Tell the insurance company about the age of the car and see if they will budge.
2. Check out the after-market parts and see if they are good enough and have everything in it that an Infiniti part would. If not, then they do not have a case for "equivalent parts" and you should be able to force the issue.
3. If all else fails, then bite the bullet. I have, in the past, worked out a deal with the installer (part was my rear bumper). The insurance insisted on a "refurbished" bumper, I wanted new. So, after arguing (and not winning) with the insurance company, I told the installer to go ahead and get the new part anyway and I would pay for the difference.
Turned out to be a $60 or $65 difference (on the cost of the bumper) for a just-under $1000 total work (the total for paint, installation and labor was more expensive than the bumper!). Worth it to me.
Z
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Re: 2003 M45 windshield questions... (golfrbob2)
Just replaced mine last week--*everyone* in town told me that it was a dealer only piece. I finally found a place that would actually *look* for the glass--they found the only one in Memphis. The price was $315 installed.
Make sure that they have the glass in stock when you get the quote--I received several quotes only to be called afterwards(once they checked) and told that the glass was dealer only.
Good luck!
Make sure that they have the glass in stock when you get the quote--I received several quotes only to be called afterwards(once they checked) and told that the glass was dealer only.
Good luck!