I agree it would be an enormous pain in the hassle to cut the hole, and there would be significant risk of breaking the glass, and that you'd have to have a flexible antenna to minimize risk of breaking the glass from an impact after install.
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Unusual Antenna Mounting Location
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And while not under warranty because then I'd be payin' for it.
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If you have an older car and access to junk yard glass, Have at it.
Gee Whiz, No, but thanks for the invitation.
I had a windshield replaced this spring (hint: don't park under a spruce tree that has nothing better to do all winter than to grow large slabs of ice .. 
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I have a local glass shop that replaced it- one of those business's that are quite rare- they do everything Glass- and have the skills and equipment to do it.
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I'm anything but a 'waiting room' customer (they don't have one anyway- this is a small towne business)- this means I watch and learn what is being done to my vehicles. Since this is Colorado, we have this thing about unpaved roads, flying rocks and windshields- so these guys know me quite well, and my perchance for asking them questions (I've seen glass repairs done so many times I think I could actually drill out a star impact on a windshield and inject the light cured resin-- but, then I still lack the nerve)
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I asked them about how they could get my new windshield overnight; there must be thousands of them for all the models, past and present.
They said they get them from these mammoth warehouses ( as explained--"remember the closing scene in 'Raids of the lost Ark"- the government storehouse?... gives you a good idea." )
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"But what about cars that are too old or so rare they don't have them anymore?"
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"Those were universally flat sheets of glass.. of course we use temper'd glass today....We can cut and drill it to any size" and they showed me some examples.
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One that sticks in my mind was a replacement side window on a 50's VW -- it had holes drilled thru it for the hinges and a latch .
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"You can drill temper'd glass here?" I asked
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"The boss can.. "
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"Meaning?" I asked again
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The fellow didn't need to explain further- pointing to their box of scrapes and broken glass.
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"It takes practice and patience to work with that stuff" and he let it go at that.
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Oh, I can just imagine your wife, BHarvey , if you took her car and had its glass roof drilled-- even if it was successful; ----- for believe me, I know few of my female friends that would not be beside themselves when you got home.... and if it was not successful?!... OMG ! lets not even go there...............
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I have a local glass shop that replaced it- one of those business's that are quite rare- they do everything Glass- and have the skills and equipment to do it.
.
I'm anything but a 'waiting room' customer (they don't have one anyway- this is a small towne business)- this means I watch and learn what is being done to my vehicles. Since this is Colorado, we have this thing about unpaved roads, flying rocks and windshields- so these guys know me quite well, and my perchance for asking them questions (I've seen glass repairs done so many times I think I could actually drill out a star impact on a windshield and inject the light cured resin-- but, then I still lack the nerve)
.
I asked them about how they could get my new windshield overnight; there must be thousands of them for all the models, past and present.
They said they get them from these mammoth warehouses ( as explained--"remember the closing scene in 'Raids of the lost Ark"- the government storehouse?... gives you a good idea." )
.
"But what about cars that are too old or so rare they don't have them anymore?"
.
"Those were universally flat sheets of glass.. of course we use temper'd glass today....We can cut and drill it to any size" and they showed me some examples.
,
One that sticks in my mind was a replacement side window on a 50's VW -- it had holes drilled thru it for the hinges and a latch .
.
"You can drill temper'd glass here?" I asked
.
"The boss can.. "
.
"Meaning?" I asked again
.
The fellow didn't need to explain further- pointing to their box of scrapes and broken glass.
.
"It takes practice and patience to work with that stuff" and he let it go at that.
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_____________________________________________________
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Oh, I can just imagine your wife, BHarvey , if you took her car and had its glass roof drilled-- even if it was successful; ----- for believe me, I know few of my female friends that would not be beside themselves when you got home.... and if it was not successful?!... OMG ! lets not even go there...............
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,........................CF
Geez when I moved to Colorado I was told I wasn't a resident until my glass was chipped or cracked ,it's a right of passage ,my passage was about 2 weeks later when the hail storm took out my rear hatch and put a nice crack in the windshield , i didnt even have Colorado plates yet!
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Smiles, Wrath
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I maybe can do you one better.... I bought a brand new Jeep Wrangler-- less than 10 miles on the odometer---- "Starred" the windshield on the drive home from the dealer
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Wow, what luck! You couldn't have done better unless the dealer "installed" one for you.
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