ARgh! Great way to start the morning...caught a rock on the way to work, it hit the windshield about a quarter of the way up on the passenger side. It left a lovely star about the size of a quarter. Can anybody in the Baltimore area (I live in Bel Air) recommend a glass repair or replacement shop? I'm hoping this can be filled rather than replaced.

I guess I'd rather the rock hit the glass than the paint...but this is my first MINI defilement! ARgh!

Thanks...

 

Banner Glass
~Glen Burnie
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They are the shop used by Tate Mini in Annapolis.
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Hmmm....Tate set me up with Banner Glass of Glen Burnie for my first replacement - they did it right there in Tate's service dept. Sounds good so far, right? Well, soon later I noticed that whenever I closed the door the windshield moved a bit. With the windows up there's a momentary increase in air pressure and the glass would flex outward in the center at the bottom. Then one day I was motoring without the stereo and I noticed a lot of wind noise. There's more, but long-story-short, I got a stress fracture that started in the center at the bottom. Tate agreed to replace it under warranty and when they removed it they found that there was only about 6 inches of good seal at the bottom of the glass - it was just resting there and could have easily come off.

 

Well, all I know is that I had a shop do it in annapolis and my plastic pillar covers flew off a week later.(long story, trying really hard to forget) I have not had any problems with my install from Banner. Now, when i talked with the guy, he indicated that the Minis have a bit of a unique window install and it takes doing a couple before things go right. Maybe you were one of his firsts.

He had the additional difficultly in dealing with the crap the other window installer had left behind. I guess the rule of thumb from this is that you better get a window installer who has done minis before.

 

Sound advice.