hey guys was just wondering a friend of mine has a spare windshield for a 78 f150 will it work in a 68 f100

 

Yes it will fit just make sure you get the right windshield gasket for your truck as 67-72 is different then 73-79 also if you have trim around your windshield it will take a different gasket then one without trim.

 

Enjoy the experience (: Thought I took every precaution and got my windshield installed, only for a crack to show up three days later. Of course I tried to do it by my lonesome.

 

Glass installers make it look so easy don't they?

 

That's one of the few things i pay some body else to do ,they break it they replace it. I have done a few but don't like too. Most every thing else i do myself.

 

I am very glad I had mine done at a glass shop. They broke two new windshields and tossed one new gasket before getting it right the third time around.

$500+ of glass and labor that I didn't have to worry about.

In the end, it seemed that the first two pieces of glass - one of which was the OEM CarLite glass - were not the correct shape. They were too curved, and required a lot of force to try to get into the frame. The third piece lined up nicely and went in relatively easily.

 

thanks for the info guys now I have to decide if that 50 dollar windshield is a good deal

 

Way back in the 60's got my windshield broken one night in a fight with a tire iron~~ long story.
Anyway,I checked with loco glass shop how much they wanted for a new one ouch it was more than, I had for a few days.. So they said they would install a used window
if I broth them one. But up front said if it breaks we will not be responsible for it if you supply the window. Only if it came from them!

Now some azz hole kid throwing rocks at my truck that lived a few door down. But I did not catch them in the act doing it. Anyway, I wait until they moved about one yr or so.

Found a good window at PnP about $35 bucks and saw a buddy there that had a big station wagon so he broth it home for me. Well I tried to install it but having a badback and still recovering from my 2nd surgery I could not push on it to get it seated in the cab frame. So called mobile glass guy come out and install it for $68 bucks in the late 80's. But said not responsible if it breaks unless I supply the window..

So two shops yrs apart said "not responsible" for any used glass that, I supply.

I don't think even in today world any glass shop will be responsible for used window shield breakage that you supplied..
Orich

 

JY windshield in Tennessee runs around $40.

The small glass shop near my house - not the one the insurance sent me to - was going to install new glass for $135. With a new gasket, it was going to be like $180.

I figure they're going to charge a minimum of 1/2 hour labor, figure $50 for that. Removal, clean-up, and installation is an easy half-hour.

So, $50 for labor, $45 for gasket, and $85 for glass (in my example) makes used glass a bargain, but is it worth the risk of breaking? In my book, no.

But it's easy for me to say that $130 of YOUR money is not worth your time and labor.