8.5 hours to replace windshield rubber gasket?

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:47:33 +0000 (GMT), "Dave Plowman (News)"
> wrote:

>In article >,
> Pete > wrote:
>> That's how much labor (at $130/hour) a local BMW dealer quoted me to
>> replace the gasket surrounding the windshield on an '02 530i. Has
>> anyone had this done? What in the world will they do for 8.5 hours???
>> I understand the windshield has to come out for the gasket to be
>> replaced, but still...
>
>I've not had the screen changed on my E39, but watched then do it on my
>E34 which I thought was similar. Took under an hour.


About par for the course -- My 7 took 1 hour 40 mins byt the time he was packed
up and away



Sir Hugh of Bognor

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Hugh Gundersen

Bognor Regis, W.Sussex, England, UK

The windshield is held in with a special glue/sealant, it is not a "gasket"
the way we normally think of them. The trim is separate. So Does the
windshield need to be resealed, or do you just need to replace the trim?
BTW, the dealer is way way too expensive. The independent glass guys can
do the job in an hour and charge you an hour to do it. The local dealer
here used to hire the independent glass guy to do the job in an hour, and
then charged 8.5 to the customer. Now they have the dealer techs do it, it
takes them 3 or 4 hours because they aren't glass guys. Plus the quality is
lower because they aren't experts, and they still charge 8.5 hours.

"BiffBMWguy" wrote
> The windshield is held in with a special glue/sealant, it is not a
> "gasket"
> the way we normally think of them. The trim is separate. So Does the
> windshield need to be resealed, or do you just need to replace the
> trim?

I just needed the trim. I bought it from the dealer and replaced it
myself. It took 30 minutes, if that.

Pete