MiradaMegacab
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Bump, I know some members were in need of glass
J Body Hardest parts to find
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Joe12459
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I just bought them both, just to have spares. Hopefully they arrive in one piece.
72Dodge
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Good, I'm glad someone got them! :headbang: I had just decided that was too much (in my case) especially with having to inspect them before the delivery person left or they wouldn't be responsible... I didn't even know how the heck I would have managed that since I'm rarely in one place for long.
Joe12459
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It was a lot of money, but I have two Miradas, and I've always been terrified of chipping or cracking the windshields. Now I can drive with a little less worry!
72Dodge
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Yes, I don't blame you at all! I just gave up so am going Lexan as it will be mostly a track car anyway. Nice score, I think it's worthy of a congrats. Cool that MMC posted that up here.
Bruceynz
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Are j body and m body windshields the same?
Dr Lebaron
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No
Different animals
Bruceynz
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So if you bust an j body windshield what do you do?
kkritsilas
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in my case, you buy 2 more J bodies ('80 Cordoba Crown Coupe, '81 Mirada CMX) in an attempt to get a good windshield, and find that the new J bodies are better equipped, and in better overall shape than the original car ('82 Mirada base). S0, now the '82 base becomes the parts car.
Joe12459
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Yup, I know exactly how that happens!
Dr Lebaron
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Go on the internet and find one.
Gotta be a older glass shop somewhere that has one on the shelf.
Or a national chain that has lots of older stock.
Dr Lebaron
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kkritsilas
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And call each and everyone on that list just to find out that they don't ship, the windshield was sold a long time ago, or they don't ship to Canada, the database was wrong-they never had one, etc. Bottom line, no windshield.
Before I ended up buying the other two J bodies, I actually paid for a nationwide parts search. Got 53 windshields. Not one would ship one to me. I got all of the above excuses. One lady told me that nobody ships windshields. I then asked her if she thought every glass replacement shop had a glass factory sitting behind them just waiting to pop out new windshields. She stopped dead right there, and I hung up.
Before I ended up buying the other two J bodies, I actually paid for a nationwide parts search. Got 53 windshields. Not one would ship one to me. I got all of the above excuses. One lady told me that nobody ships windshields. I then asked her if she thought every glass replacement shop had a glass factory sitting behind them just waiting to pop out new windshields. She stopped dead right there, and I hung up.
Dr Lebaron
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Sorry, no wrecker likes to ship windshields.
And US don't like sending big stuff up north either.
Just a fact of life.
Now if you are close/travel or have someone near by, it's a different story.
A windshield could be had.
There was a place in NJ 'giving' away NOS F/M/J and other other windshields from a closed/retired glass shop for $10 a pop a few years ago.
No shipping.
And US don't like sending big stuff up north either.
Just a fact of life.
Now if you are close/travel or have someone near by, it's a different story.
A windshield could be had.
There was a place in NJ 'giving' away NOS F/M/J and other other windshields from a closed/retired glass shop for $10 a pop a few years ago.
No shipping.
Dr Lebaron
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Now in Bruce's case being in NZ, I'd go over to 'Moparts' and befriend a guy named OZHemi.
He always ships containers to the land down under.
He has connections that could get a windshield from the US to NZ.
He always ships containers to the land down under.
He has connections that could get a windshield from the US to NZ.
MiradaMegacab
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Lexan
72Dodge
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This. For now at least. Until someone has owned one of these cars and had to find a windshield for one, they wouldn't understand.
It becomes a question of "is it worth it?" with these cars. Yes, I like the J-bodies, and would like to see more of them saved. But when the travel to or shipping of, plus cost of, a replacement costs half what the car is worth done (I'm exaggerating, maybe, but only sort of), it becomes not worth it. I am waiting for one to turn up near me, or a reasonably priced parts car near me, then I'll be holding my breath the whole time swapping it over.
I've called all those places that list one in stock. Nope. Or, they're 2000 miles away (and still probably don't have it). It's not that they're not out there, it's that they're like finding a needle in a haystack.
So until you've tried to find one yourself, don't criticize.
I'm fine driving around locally on nice days with Lexan for now. There's a ton of cars around here that are way more modified than mine cruising, and I've seen quite a few with Lexan and no wipers. I'll take my chances, and if I get bit, I knew the cost. And it's likely less than a new windshield!
Dr Lebaron
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Does 80's Imperial windshields work for J's?
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Mopar&vettedude
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What I also noticed with the doba, is when they changed the header panel to full fiberglass and got rid of the filler panels in the front they made a lower filler in place of it. Luckily they haven't cracked. Which is a plus, but if they did then I'd be really out of luck.
I agree ! Just moved to Phoenix 5million heard about that stuff know nothing about it, but if they were created in 1979 why can't 2016s be better and cheaper?
