FAQ > Windshields > Poor Workmanship Knoxville's Finest Auto Glass Installation Center Poor Workmanship performed by UN-Knowledgeable, or UN-Caring Auto Glass installers is something we see in our Auto  Glass Service Center no less than 3 times a Day / week.  In some case’s it results from attempting to save the customer money  and in others it’s due to the installer attempting to save money for the company he or she is working for.  Most of the time it’s  a little of both and more often than that, it’s just pure laziness on the part of the Auto Glass installer.  The second time around price for restoring this Lexis SUV back to factory specifications was in Excess of $1,500.00 Dollars. This vehicle actually had the wrong windshield installed in it by a company who would not answer calls from the owner.  Rain  water was blowing through the bottom of the windshield from a large hole all over the heads up display unit on the top of the  dash not to mention everything below it.  The previous Auto Glass installer bonded both the left and right pillar moldings to the  vehicle with urethane adhesive rather than use the 8 rivets they called for.  Unfortunately, in order to remove the pillar  mouldings with out damaging the vehicles paint, it was necessary to destroy them.  Ford F-550 This vehicle will require major paint work to be able to provide the crash and roll over protection Ford Motor Company required  of it.  This is what happens to your vehicle's pinchweld when no primers are used prior to the installation of a new glass.  Chevrolet Pick Up Another vehicle that will require major paint work as well as body work to be able to provide the crash and roll over protection  General Motors required of it.  This particular vehicle actually arrived at our service center with the back glass laying in the bed of the truck where it landed  when it fell out due to the totally improper installation by one of our competitors.  It had two holes made by a gasket scraper  that were driven completely through the body on the bottom on both sides.    A Town & Country Van that was doomed from the very beginning of it's windshield installation.  For starters this windshield was burned out of the vehicle which  damaged the paint.  At that point it should have been taken to a body shop for paint repair. To cover up the body damage that  was done by overheating the vehicle during the process, the installer used a wide moulding that lays on top of the body rather  than the molding the manufacturers designed it to have which fits inside the pinchweld opening. There were no primers used on  the damaged pinchweld surface and as you can see by the photos the urethane was applied in a very unprofessional manor.  In  an effort to stop water from entering the van as well as keep the molding from falling off, the van was further subjected to  applications of several different types of sealers applied here and there in a hap hazard manor.  A Dodge Stealth that required major paint work so it could provide the crash and roll over protection Dodge requires of it.  Another example of  what happens to your vehicle's pinchweld when no primers are used prior to the installation of a replacement Windshield.  Aside  from the previously done poor windshield installation damage, this vehicle was in pristine condition.