creative1000 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 In the past 2 years, some rubber strips have dried, cracked & broken off the outside of the windshield (along the driver and passenger sides). Already 2 monsoons later, and no water has gotten inside the car.... *yet*, so the seal, although cracked, is still holding up. Anyways, the dealership said the normal cost to replace just the rubber seal is 3000 Baht. But this seems a bit steep, and nearly the cost of getting a new windshield? Is this the normal price? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post transam Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Sounds OK to me..... 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post creative1000 Posted May 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 @transam Thank you! I know nothing of auto costs. Just wanted to check I wasn't paying $85 for a $15 repair. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TimeMachine Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Have you checked out YouTube for some diy videos. Maybe you can butcher up a half assed repair yourself that will be good enough. 2 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Don't go to a Honda dealership. 1 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 A tube of silicone, 240 baHT. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ralf001 Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Dealership won't be doing it. They will outsource to a windscreen repair shop and then add the dealership markup to that price. 3 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Fugitive Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 39 minutes ago, Kwasaki said: Don't go to a Honda dealership. Or any other dealership. Anywhere. They are all ripoff merchants. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JeffersLos Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Get the motorcycle taxi guys to do it, or any male over the age of 12, yourself excluded. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Kwasaki Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, The Fugitive said: Or any other dealership. Anywhere. They are all ripoff merchants. OP should ask where a windshield fitter is and go there, they will do it while he waits. 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Get a few more quotes from independent mechanics, most dealerships regard customers as pigeons ripe for plucking. Or, as another poster has suggested, buy a tube of silicone and an applicator. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheFishman1 Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Go to windshield repair place. I’ll do it a lot cheaper while you wait. TIT 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HauptmannUK Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 On all Hondas made within about the last 25 years the windscreen is bonded into the body aperture using a hybrid polymer adhesive. The windscreen is therefore structural and stiffens the bodyshell. The rubber 'seals' are just trim. To do a proper job the windscreen should be cut out with a cheese wire cutter, cleaned up, resealed and new trims fitted. ฿3000 would be a very reasonable price. On the other hand if they just intend pulling out the old trim and replacing with new then its a bit pricey. As others have said, best to go to a screen replacement specialist for a second opinion. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 There are products on Laz that seek and seal, then thicker (Black) silicon can be applied, build it up slowly if you have to, soapy water at hand to smooth it. good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammieuk1 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 A few months ago I had an ABS sensor changed on a Mitsubishi lancer for 7500bt and that was a bit of rubber with a lump on the end you appear to be getting a lot more rubber at less than half that price pay it a barging ???? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennypowers Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 £65 odd quid! That's so cheap. Would likely cost 200-300 back in the UK. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schultzlivgthai Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Check the price online for the new seal, I’m sure a local body shop or windshield shop would do it for quite a bit less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1FinickyOne Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Lacessit said: Get a few more quotes "Be yourself, everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde "When I was growing up, I always wanted to be someone. Now I realize that I should have been more specific." Lily Tomlin "I drink to make other people more interesting." Hemingway 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 3 hours ago, sammieuk1 said: A few months ago I had an ABS sensor changed on a Mitsubishi lancer for 7500bt and that was a bit of rubber with a lump on the end you appear to be getting a lot more rubber at less than half that price pay it a barging ???? So you drive like you need ABS. ???? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgw Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 1 hour ago, kennypowers said: £65 odd quid! That's so cheap. Would likely cost 200-300 back in the UK. still no reason to overpay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grusa Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 If we knew your location we could advise you where to go! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujayujay Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 6 hours ago, TimeMachine said: Have you checked out YouTube for some diy videos. Maybe you can butcher up a half assed repair yourself that will be good enough. ????????????Pay cheap, get cheap???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowgard Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 You or wife/girlfriend can ask here: https://www.thaicarglass.com/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoseThailand Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Normal farang price haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Warrior Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 22 hours ago, TimeMachine said: Have you checked out YouTube for some diy videos. Maybe you can butcher up a half assed repair yourself that will be good enough. why not DO A D I Y with mastic !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 16 hours ago, Grusa said: If we knew your location we could advise you where to go! Was just to post the same question. I would surely take off my hands from any DIY at a car windshield. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelerEastWest Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 21 hours ago, The Fugitive said: Or any other dealership. Anywhere. They are all ripoff merchants. I have an Isuzu and go to the dealer in CBiang Mai over ten years just routine maintenance slightly higher than a small shop but much better work is done. They go by the book and use the correct parts. Dealers are good and bad as are small shops... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetpeter Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 (edited) Simple answer as already been stated ...DONT go to a Honda dealership, you will find many locations who will do the job cheaper, perhaps if you had number one insurance and a cracked windscreen, it would be replaced along with the windscreen under insurance! Edited May 19, 2023 by phetpeter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phetpeter Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 232 baht Lazada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralf001 Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 20 hours ago, Kwasaki said: So you drive like you need ABS. ???? Does a bit of barging so ABS prolly getting a workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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