Windshield Repair Forum

$8.00 fold up tv tray.

HEY, yea, i forgot about those things. Even a fold up card table. GREAT IDEA... thanks

One of the best investments I have made is a collapsible work table from Home Depot. It will hold up to 750 lbs.; it collapses so that it can lay flat or store standing up without taking up much room at all; the top is a separate piece that snaps onto the center support for storage without adding width; and only runs about $35. It makes a great stand for your windshield kit as well as your headlight kit as well as providing a a very useful horizontal surface for a host of other uses. You'll use it at home and on the job. Yes, it IS all that AND a bag of chips.

When done with the drill take out the bit and turn it around so the other end sticks out this will keep you from broken bits from drill bouncing around in the box

Thank you for the great tips! The details with pictures is really useful. Such a met is good as it makes the job easy with the tolls being handy. But then there is definitely a risk of scratching or damage to the bonnet. But with expertise and slight care it can totally be a good idea to use the mats.

To solve the leaning up against the 400hp+ car(I have no problems with 400+hp vehicles, I have 3 myself(2012 Mustang, 1976 chevy race hauler, 1939 chevrolet dirt track modified vintage racer), I open the door and work from there, the only part of the paint that I can touch is the windshield post. For small items that you require a temporary place to put them down on, most auto makers have provided a very useful small tool storage shelf adjacent to the windscreen, most car owners use them to clean the screen when it rains. I find that hold pics, tabs, razor blades, small resin bottles, and even a Dremel in dire need.

As for the above debate on tool placement, my tools rarely leave the trunk of my Mustang, knowing what steps come next, and what tools are needed to perform them, allows me to work form my trunk without any lost time, between steps, during curing ect I transport the needed items and get ready for the next step. Personally I find it makes me look busy, and justifies the price customers are paying me. When working a dealer lot I start at one end of the lot and leapfrog tools and supplies from one car to the next, all using the tool shelf(wiper) provided.

vintage wrote:To solve the leaning up against the 400hp+ car(I have no problems with 400+hp vehicles, I have 3 myself(2012 Mustang, 1976 chevy race hauler, 1939 chevrolet dirt track modified vintage racer), I open the door and work from there, the only part of the paint that I can touch is the windshield post. For small items that you require a temporary place to put them down on, most auto makers have provided a very useful small tool storage shelf adjacent to the windscreen, most car owners use them to clean the screen when it rains. I find that hold pics, tabs, razor blades, small resin bottles, and even a Dremel in dire need.

As for the above debate on tool placement, my tools rarely leave the trunk of my Mustang, knowing what steps come next, and what tools are needed to perform them, allows me to work form my trunk without any lost time, between steps, during curing ect I transport the needed items and get ready for the next step. Personally I find it makes me look busy, and justifies the price customers are paying me. When working a dealer lot I start at one end of the lot and leapfrog tools and supplies from one car to the next, all using the tool shelf(wiper) provided.

I'm sorry but who gives a crap about your 400hp Mustang? This is a windshield repair forum...not a hot rod one. Wake up dude...nobody cares what you drive. I personally could care less if you drove a Bentley or a Honda Civic providing repairs. My best guess is that your only on here to showcase something. Please let us know what that is!

Funny!

I like the "reversing your drill bit when finished" tip. I use a small piece of packing foam as a protective "cap" of sorts to protect the bit for same reasons cited.

DryStar wrote:

vintage wrote:To solve the leaning up against the 400hp+ car(I have no problems with 400+hp vehicles, I have 3 myself(2012 Mustang, 1976 chevy race hauler, 1939 chevrolet dirt track modified vintage racer), I open the door and work from there, the only part of the paint that I can touch is the windshield post. For small items that you require a temporary place to put them down on, most auto makers have provided a very useful small tool storage shelf adjacent to the windscreen, most car owners use them to clean the screen when it rains. I find that hold pics, tabs, razor blades, small resin bottles, and even a Dremel in dire need.

As for the above debate on tool placement, my tools rarely leave the trunk of my Mustang, knowing what steps come next, and what tools are needed to perform them, allows me to work form my trunk without any lost time, between steps, during curing ect I transport the needed items and get ready for the next step. Personally I find it makes me look busy, and justifies the price customers are paying me. When working a dealer lot I start at one end of the lot and leapfrog tools and supplies from one car to the next, all using the tool shelf(wiper) provided.

I'm sorry but who gives a crap about your 400hp Mustang? This is a windshield repair forum...not a hot rod one. Wake up dude...nobody cares what you drive. I personally could care less if you drove a Bentley or a Honda Civic
providing repairs. My best guess is that your only on here to showcase something. Please let us know what that is!

I hope you are nicer to your customers than you are to poor Vintage