I have had 3 Fiero windshields done by Safelite on various Fieros. Very satisfied with all of them. The first 2 were American made. The 3rd was marked as made in India, but appeared to be good quality as well. I suggest the new , (wider), rubber molding as, in my experience, it seals better and personally I think it looks better than old narrow rubber. In fact I'm not certain you can even get the old original narrow windshield molding anymore, although you might check with TFS.
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[This message has been edited by randye (edited 03-26-2015).]
The car is at the body shop, so I can't easily look at it, but I think it has a darkened area along the top edge and, unless I'm misremembering, I'd like to replace it with one that also has that.
The car is at the body shop, so I can't easily look at it, but I think it has a darkened area along the top edge and, unless I'm misremembering, I'd like to replace it with one that also has that.
I neglected to mention that when you order from Safelite simply specify that you want "dark top tint" and what you described is what you should get.
I always get Safelite glass for any cars Im working on. On Fieros, I agree with Randye about the wider molding. Looks much better to me and covers that crappy gap around the window that holds water and rots out the roof.
I can third vote on Safelite. No more tint strip that has turned green faded from the sun. Now a nice black tint stripe. And a very nice clear piece of glass with no more tiny scratches and chips. I was very surprised at the difference in view. IIRC I paid around $250 or so installed. This was a few years ago though.
I want to chop the windshield on my roadster. As low as I can get away with. I plan to try the sandblasting method because I have a sandblaster. Any opinion on whether I should buy a new windshield or try to get one out of pull and save for this experimental cutting?
I can third vote on Safelite. No more tint strip that has turned green faded from the sun. Now a nice black tint stripe. And a very nice clear piece of glass with no more tiny scratches and chips. I was very surprised at the difference in view. IIRC I paid around $250 or so installed. This was a few years ago though.
Depending on whether your Fiero was a "high end" model or a "low end" model, your OEM windshield will be different. The original windshield on my 88 coupe (low end) was non-tented glass, with a very little bit of amber darkening at the top. My 86 SE on the other hand (high end) had a tinted windshield with a larger bluish darkened area at the top. Both cars have nice replacement windshields on them now, both tinted, with larger darkened areas at the top. So the coupe no longer looks "OEM", but the SE does.
