Fyodor Dostoevsky
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I thought I'd let everybody know my decision: I took it to a dealer.
Here is my reasoning. The dealer I took it to has a staff technician who installs glass. I figured even though he probably doesn't install as much glass as somebody working at a glass shop, the glass work that he does do is only on VW cars. So he is probably more familiar with any VW specifications for glass installation, and he is probably more familiar with glass installation on my specific model of car than somebody working at a glass shop.
One comment made on another forum is that the spoiler will need to be removed from the hatch in order to install the new window. Given this, I am much more comfortable bringing it to a dealer who will have any specific VW procedures for removing and re-installing the spoiler.
The only concern that I have is with the clean-up of glass fragments in the hatch. I noticed tiny shards of glass when I was doing my own basic clean-up. I hope the dealer technicians have the right know-how and equipment to removed all the tiny shards of glass from the carpeting on the hatch shelf and spare tire cover.
Here is my reasoning. The dealer I took it to has a staff technician who installs glass. I figured even though he probably doesn't install as much glass as somebody working at a glass shop, the glass work that he does do is only on VW cars. So he is probably more familiar with any VW specifications for glass installation, and he is probably more familiar with glass installation on my specific model of car than somebody working at a glass shop.
One comment made on another forum is that the spoiler will need to be removed from the hatch in order to install the new window. Given this, I am much more comfortable bringing it to a dealer who will have any specific VW procedures for removing and re-installing the spoiler.
The only concern that I have is with the clean-up of glass fragments in the hatch. I noticed tiny shards of glass when I was doing my own basic clean-up. I hope the dealer technicians have the right know-how and equipment to removed all the tiny shards of glass from the carpeting on the hatch shelf and spare tire cover.