Has anyone used AMD for glass? Or other suggestions.
I got a 69 442 and need to replace a lot of the glass.
Door windows have chips on edges, but not scratched up. Windshield is gone, and back glass is
scratched badly.

 

I replaced both door glass with tinted replacement from AMD. I can’t say I’m surprised to see they came with a sticker that did made in Taiwan. The fit seems good, the appearance is also good.

I found 2 tinted quarter glass from someone local, I tried for 6 weeks to find tinted door glass to complete the car. No luck.

If you have any desire to “keep you GM all GM” I’ll make you a smoking deal on some original glass.

 

I have used auto city classic with good results.
https://www.autocityclassic.com/f-85-cutlass-glass/

 

Auto City as noted above or Pilkington. Auto City is going to have the best prices. They will both date the glass if you wish

 

Check the Vintage Glass page on https://www.vintagepartsource.com , there is a good list of glass suppliers for vintage and classic cars.

 

The original glass somehow got a horseshoe shaped crack low on the wind shield. I inspected to see why, no impacts?? Anyways made a claim with then Haggerty, I had my works glass people install it. It was AMD. Happy with look and tint.

Pat

 

Just added the grey tinted glass from Auto City in my 1971 442 Resto Mod and love it. Highly recommend the product and the company. They're super great to work with.

 

How close are Auto City and Pilkington on glass thickness vs orig for the windshield?

 

Jay---I didn't do a one-for-one comparison or measurement but they seemed very close to the naked eye and feel as I installed the new glass. Sorry....don't have more info at the moment.

 

I have used both Pilkington and Glass City and kind of had the same issues with both. The windshields and side glass fit fine and look good. The issue that I had was that the curvature of the quarter glass was not a perfect match for the curvature of the front windows. This was true on both of my 70 convertibles although it might be different for other years/models. There was enough of a mismatch that I could not fine tune out some wind noise regardless of how I adjusted the glass. It was also exactly the same for both suppliers leading me to suspect that they were made by the same off-shore manufacturer.

I would use either of then again although, as always with reproduction stuff, it can't possibly be more difficult to make it wrong than it is to make it right.

 

Thanks 442Dude