How A Windshield is Removed and Installed ( One way anyways ) 

This window man is so generous to teach others as he agreed someone to video his job. Cool man

that guy is a pro who doesnt have doubt in his skill to do that

I heard the cameraman say, "I'd never want to do this for a living". Smart man! I was a NGA certified Master Auto Glass Tech. Did this for 30 years. Not a fun job!

Great video man. And very nice of you to advertise this man's work for him.

Seems like a genuine dude and he had some nice tools. I'm not a pro, but I would have covered that dash, wore a cleaner pair of gloves, and maybe took the extra time to remove the pillars. I mean he was working on a 3 year old (at the time) Benz not a 90's Honda.

I am so happy that Jerry Lewis is finally doing something good with his life.

I gotta say something, it pisses me off that there are so many negative comments. Cut Phil some slack. Everyone's an expert, in their own mind. Anyone who does or did this for a living knows it's a shitty career at times. We run into different problems with so many different makes and models of automobiles. The industry got ruined when the insurance companies were allowed to dictate how long it should take to do a certain job. None of those motherf***ers ever changed a shield in their life. And every technician knows we should use OEM parts, but insurance wizards figured it's much cheaper to use aftermarket. If we were to go by what Autoglass magazine says on how to do a job on any given automobile, you'd be lucky to fit in two jobs a day. We are trained to cut corners in order to get more jobs done in a day. Let's face it, it's all about profit, and not so much about the quality, that went out in the 70's. Trust me, I know we all take pride in our work, and I'm not saying everyone is a hacker, this industry doesn't get the respect it deserves, for what is expected of us. We run into bullshit quite often, and if you say you don't, you're full of shit. Sure, there are things I would have done differently in this video also. But I also know, that each and every one of us who does autoglass, was trained by someone else with their own experience. Nobody can tell me that they learned their business without making mistakes. There's too many smartasses out there who think they know everything about everything. It takes experience to know what the fuck you're doing, and still, you don't know it all. In my opinion, the guy did a pretty good job with what he had. He does have experience, and if you can't see that, then you're just another ignorant fucking dick who thinks he knows it all!

This video - and its step-by-step verbal guidance, was simply very informative - at least to someone like me who doesn't know shit about auto windshield (or back shield/rear glass) removal and installation. I learned more from watching and listening than I ever knew before or had expected to learn. I now have an idea of some, if not all of the steps an auto glass repairman would have to take should the windshield or the rear glass window of my car need replacing. Thanks for the video. I appreciate it!

Aint gone lie he is a professional tho👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

I like how this guy works, he does it the RIGHT way!

Wow the comments are funny. There where some issues with the install. But over all this is actually top notch work compared to what he could have got. I been a tech for 15 yrs. when I started my own company 7 yrs ago I hired a guy with twice as many yrs experience he cost me over $2000 in his first hour on the job. Basically what I'm saying is it was not a perfect job but it could have been way worse. Don't let your insurance pick the glass shop and don't price shop.

very awesome instruction and very qualified work thank you for sharing.

My experience with glass installation was at Chrysler's Warren, MI plant on the Dodge Ram truck line. We once did it all by hand and used rubber gaskets. Then butylene became the greatest thing. Then robots and urethane adhesive sealers became the norm with the advent of passenger side air bags and the use of less metal in the A pillars. Urethane bonds the windshield to the frame, in effect becoming a structural member of the car. What the guy means by crash tested, is that the manufacture of the urethane product crash tested a car or truck at different times and came up with one hour as a minimum to survive a crash without the window popping out. All cars with passenger side air bags use the windshield to bounce the air bag off of it. If the windshield is installed using improper methods, the windshield can pop out from the air bag deploying. And that is not a good thing, as the windshield is designed and secured in a way to keep you in the vehicle and keep the roof from collapsing in a roll over accident. That is a protection rubber gaskets or butylene never offered. If you are over the age of 40, you remember seeing wrecks with the windshield laying in front of the car some place down the road. Overall he did an excellent install. Only thing I would have done different, is a continuous line of urethane from the passenger side lower windshield, working all around to the drivers side lower and completed the bottom from the passenger side to the drivers side. That way you have no gaps or run the risk of future leaks. A lot of windshield installers do not do it the right way. On a large car or truck, you sometimes have to sit on the dashboard to run a one piece bead of urethane to get the best sealing. Never lay on the hood on any car or truck made after 2006. You will dent the hood and that is not good. Due to importing car's and trucks to Europe they require the hoods to buckle when a pedestrian is struck, something not required under North America laws. So if you have a new car or truck, whatever brand, and you get into a slow speed parking lot crash and your hood buckles, now you know why.

Excellent installation.

Great video... I had to look up where you guys were.. Freeport?? I knew I felt at home with the accents... ;-) Thanks for your help...

What is up with people seeing RU-vid videos and ALWAYS saying that person sucks and they could do better. I am certified at Safelite Autoglass and been there for awhile and there is only one thing he did that we do not do. Other then that he did absolutely everything by the book. I mean we don't use the extractor or cold knifes because they are illegal at safelite now but I'd say this guy did a perfect job. He by crash test he means the urethane and glass remained in tack and glass stayed at least 75% without shattering completely in a staged 30 mph head on collision. This guy is good forget hand setting glass though when I got my true seal next to me. Lol

I use to sell glass to Phil when I worked at Safelite in Columbus Ohio. Cool dude.

This guy is good

He did a good job .

at 5:58 u can clearly here the blade popping back and forth off the body,why would i hire this guy????? sorry

Dude is good.

i am so happy

nice job

He did a wonderful job.

I install also and all seemed pretty good, except 1 thing. when he cut the sides using the equalizer(jigsaw) which nobody uses anymore because they scratch/Gouge the paint. he should have made a mark with a marker on the blade so he know the depth before it hit the sides of the paint/Body . I'm curious what he did for the rain sensor? did he replace the whole thing or just put a new pad? But yea it looked like a decent install.

excellent and informative

By the way my husband has been installing glass for 30+ years as well and in Colorado. High crack rate here. He does work for body shops wherein his work borders on perfectionism. That mercedes REQUIRES high modulation adhesive for torsion strength.

I replaced a windshield on a Chevy back in 1977 and never had any issues for the many remaining years that I owned the car. It's not hard, you just need to take your time.

Every time I replace the windshield at certain shops I end up with cracked dashboard and ripped off paint everywhere i go no matter how expensive they are i end up with the same problem everytime No body gets the job done right these days all they want is quick buck

and the trim work , finishing ? next vid i guess ? nice work easier than a motor for sure .

Is the same technician done for 03 Kia spectra and where do you get the intructments.

how you remove a weather strip ..please i need to work on my 250 econoline van

Nice to know we're all human and even someone who's certified with 25+ years can make mistakes once in a while. The important part is that they aren't anything major or even life threatening as they sometimes can be with these windshield installations.

what is the brand of the glue used?

show the removal of all the trim pieces, windshield wiper arms, etc. before all the work (cutting the urethane seal all the way around) that goes into getting to the point to where this video starts at. that to me is more useful information than anything shown here.

His voice is just to funny

What happens if there is rust coming from the window frame sealing area? Is all windshield adhesive crash tested? Can you cut out the urethane without the use of that reciprocating saw and attachment?

good job but i think a solid bead on top is better no seams for possible leak. I start standing on pass side are run my bead from driver side all the way around to pass side bottom one seam in top conor

for instance, if you can not find a windshield of any certain car, how would you take the measurement of metal edges of frame, and give it windshield manufacturer to precisely manufacture that windshield

What’s the name of the black thing he was putting around with the gun?

I would have done a few things a little differently but overall a decent job.....

tell this man hes a fuckin boss.. nice video and nice car lol

ppg is a quality glass company. they make airliner windscreens about $30,000 for an embraer 145 windscreen. slightly different install though.

Not bad. I would have him work on my car. Not a big fan of the Equalizer he uses but to each his own.. Certified..Hmm Ok. Well by who. Old NGA or The Safety Council now? Honestly there is no known one universally recognized certification for auto glass. Not one 3rd party administer demands it or give extra work because of it. That said there are several different certifications out there in Glass land and I am all for it.

old video, for the year he did this, it was considered a good job , things have changed .

I see why you did the "V".

I appreciate this tutorial but next video you should try to hold camera or phone steady and not move around so much so we can see clearly. Got dizzy with you going back and forth real fast. But otherwise good tutorial. Thx

on these ml350 there is no rain sensor pad. you transfer over the old rain sensor. it doesn't use a gel pad.

does anyone kno the way about getting windshields this business im gona go to school for this any help

its good

Rainman windshields :)

I watched the entire video not to see how he installed it.

DID THE SAW DAMAGE THE INNER PART OF THE FRAME? SOUNDED LIKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF BUMPING OUCH!!! SCRATCH I PRIME? OUCH!

No protection whats so ever to the car. No hood cover, seat covers, no dash protector thank God he has "30 years of experience "😲😲😲

pinchweld primer has no rust inhibiting properties. You'd figure a guy with 25+ years could cut the window out without damaging the body

Really good vid

There is quicker way to take it out and put it back in than this video. Shows! !

man it must be nice to work on clean vehicles..... lets see some farm trucks plz

When your good you can use tooth picks and dress for the beach. This guy can do this job in his sleep, yeah he's that good. Thanks for the vid. I have a 08 cls550 that leaks (windshield) I can do a lot work on my car but leaving this for the Pro lol

Awesome accent

I sort of understand his procedure but manufacturers don't prep the glass when they fit windsheilds

Wow I am scared to get a windshield replaced in my brand new Sierra, wreck my dash and paint " then just use touch up paint" scary

He didn’t show how he set the glass ? I really wanted to see how set it on

brave

cold knife will scratch the body. extractor can damage the a pillars and dash. should have used a ezwire type tool. What do I know though being safetech certified and all

I bet the customer was cringing the moment he used the power hacksaw blade. I bet he wasn't expecting that method.

You get every question that you ask wrong lol

you called the Guy in the video to do your glass?...if so be sure to tell him you saw this video on youtube

search alfrados glass, that guys pretty dam good

You skipped the part how he put the glass on the car. That was the part I was waiting for. Tsk.

he actually did fare job but cold knife all around would have made less damage and even for trim work

Kenny Sellers. LOL.

Oh ok it has the square rain sensor.

would have been a better video if they showed him set the glass😞

u don't need no fancy tools just some guitar string and sealant how much u get charged for a windshield swap

Question...what do you mean by crash tested? answer... crash tested like I said. sign him up for the Discovery channel.

Another installation with so many mistakes... And where in NY was it done?

This guy got his certification from a fruit loops box!

and its 2 to 3 days to wash

He's from long Island

Been doing this for 20 years and he is doing it the hard way first he should lower the hood and use water to help cutout windshielid buy some modern tools ,you can hear that blade hitting the pinch weld fairly hard damaging it so he is not that good just saying

I was on the edge of my seat. 1. No gloves. 2. Forcefully using a box-cutter dangerously close to the paint. Any slip-up and it's an expensive and needless mistake. 3. Using a heavy power tool over an unprotected dash. Really? Who certified him and in what country?

Didn't c him prime his scraches lol

How he can be certified for 30 years and using a blade on top, he can scratch the paint and it can rust. I tech should know how to take a glass without scratching the body. Happy that's not my car, good luck!

the vin # thing is funny,,,

now that he used all these power tools and tore up the dash probably pinchweld and possibly the Vin the car is worthless. should have called safelite for this repair

Its laminated glass, it wouldnt

I was trained as a beginner changing windscreens,this is absolutely ridiculous.This can kill someone.You need a good Slap and stop training Good people.

Not to mention any glass installer worth his salt isn't using 1st generation crap tools.

When some says " i would never want to do this for a living ", what there're really saying is, " i dont respect you or your profession ".

not the worst job in the world but couple things he could have done different. Thats how the old heads did things but working on those type of cars you dont need to use such inferior tools and supplies.

Why can the cameraman not hold the camera still? It is so annoying to watch.

no dash protection chit

and that urethane sucks .Sika makes the best brands .sika asap or sika 220 are my picks but there are others

yea, can't be a diy job.

This guy was probably the most annoying customer lol

30 years HHHAAAAA thats wt they all say. Fucking prob just one year or 2🤣

just call Safelite

Yea I gotta agree with all the comments saying this guy's method is wrong. Totally unprofessional. I would have torched out the glass that way you don't get any structural rust from micro dents from the saw. Alternatively he could have used a grinder. Best way is to just glue the new windshield over top of the old one. ASE ABC 123 safetech certified for Ferrari Porsche Buggati and Bentley 79 years in this industry. Basically I am the final word on this subject.

I install glass for 10 yrs I never ever seen a person still using jigsaw fine blade saw. That's a stone age tool. Ryobi Caulking are pieces of shit tool from homedepot. Cheap tool. Most of the tool he's used are seem not to be professional. Am sorry not to judge this guy. If I own this Mercedes I wouldn't let this guy install my windshield. First his clothing is not safe. He's work with glass he's should have a proper clothing to protect himself of broken glass. He's doesn't looked like certified technician. He's sound like a liar ... Well good luck believing in him..