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Old Jul 4, 2010 | 05:33 AM
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So I woke up just a bit ago to a sound of a smash and peeling out tires. Me being paranoid I went out and checked the car. And a nice landscaping block went through my hatch glass.

I have a spare one, and wanted to see how easy it would be to swap out.

Otherwise I'd have to pay Safelite like $300 and change, and they wouldn't be able to be out till Wednesday, well according to Geico at least.

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Swapping hatches or windows?
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preferably just windows.
Old Jul 4, 2010 | 05:42 AM
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Well depending on how experienced you are with that.
You need to make sure it's perfectly sealed.
You're better swapping the hatches actually.
For the window you'd probably need a professional.
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yea I've called some "24" hour places and many are saying Tuesday. Unless I wanna pay the emergency price. I'm going check out the project car tomorrow and see what it's looking like. But probably just swap it out. Gonna have some fun dealing w/ the glass though. My tint's holding it up minus where the brick went through.
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ouuufffff....sucks man!
sorry to hear you got haters around your hood, but these doods are everywhere.
Good luck.
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Yea not cool. From talking with the officer last night others were hit as well. So I wasn't singled out. Still sucks though.

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So after only $100, I found someone to come by, pull my other window and re-install it. I gave him a nice tip for coming out on the 4th. If you have the right tools it's a pretty straight forward install.
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