Budget $200 to $500 and about a day for most Midwood work: door panes, quarter windows, vent glass, sunroof panels and back windows. Sourcing sets the clock more than labor does, so call with the year, make and model and we will tell you what your piece costs before you come down.
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Trees are the reason we replace so much sunroof glass for Midwood. The side streets off East 16th Street and around Avenue M are properly shaded, which is pleasant in July and expensive after a storm, when a limb comes down on a parked car and lands on the one horizontal piece of glass it owns. Roof panels are also the least likely part to be sitting on a shelf, because they vary by roof type, by whether the car had a panoramic setup, and by model year in ways the parts catalog does not always make obvious.
So the first job is identification. We want the year, the make, the model and ideally the VIN, and then we go find the panel and tell you the number. Most land inside the $200 to $500 range, and most arrive quickly enough to fit that same week, often the next day. Installation gets fresh seals and clips, correct glass, and a thorough vacuum, because a broken roof panel drops fragments into the headliner channels and the drain tubes where they rattle for years otherwise. Old glass is recycled and the labor carries a lifetime warranty. If the same storm took out a mirror lamp or left water in a housing, say so when you book. The electrical bench is here too, and doing both while the trim is already off saves you a trip.
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Two and a half miles separates Avenue J from our door, straight down Coney Island Avenue, ten or twelve minutes unless the Avenue M crossing is backed up. That closeness changes the shape of the job. Midwood customers often drop the car before the Q train ride into work and pick it up at 17:00, which is exactly the rhythm this service fits, since the fitting itself is short and the waiting is all on the part. Some side streets here have driveways, which means a car with a missing quarter window can at least sit off the street overnight. On the blocks without them, the Ocean Parkway service road spaces fill early and a taped window facing the bike path will not last a wet night. Either way, the sourcing call comes first and the appointment follows the part.
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Same category, different part. The panel is glass in a frame with seals, drains and sometimes a shade mechanism underneath, so we check the tracks and the drain tubes while it is open. Price for most panels sits inside the usual $200 to $500 band. Sourcing takes a call, because roof glass varies more between trims than door glass does.
That is what most people do. We are ten minutes away, the shop runs 8:00 to 17:00 Monday through Saturday, and there is no reason to sit in a waiting room while a part is being fitted. Leave a number, and we will call as soon as the glass is in and the interior trim is back where it belongs.
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| Monday – Saturday | 08:00 – 17:00 |
| Sunday | Closed |