What windshield would interchange with my 2000 Ranger?

[LonesomeSTX]

My 2000 Ranger needs a new windshield and I would like to price them at the local salvage yards. What year breaks should I look for that will work on my 2000 model?

 

[Snal]

I'm pretty sure it's all years since 93

 

[AllanD]

Check at the local salvage yard for what they want for the piece of glass only after you've
called around to your local auto glass places.

I know at my local junkyards they want $35-$40 for a windshield "loose".

the local glass places want $80 to install one.
they will not warranty it agaisnt leaking and/or cracking

But for $145 I can drive to the local glass place and have a cup of coffee, eat a donut
and watch You-Tube videos on my laptop while they install it while I wait.
AND get a 1year warranty against cracks or leaks.

My Ranger is currently wearing it's fourth windshield, the last one was only about a
year old when I had a high speed collision with an airborn wild turkey

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[LonesomeSTX]

I was thinking 93 and up would be it.

Wild Turkey will do that.

I agree, I plan to check with a glass place as well.

 

[robertc1024]

+1 on AllanD's advice (as usual.) i've had two windshields replaced in the last three months. They actually came to my work and did it in the parking lot!.

 

[det107]

...for $145 I can drive to the local glass place......

Is it a 'National Brand' type of business ? If so, the name of industry-

 

[LonesomeSTX]

Yeah, who should I use?

 

[veefer800canuck]

Be glad you live in the land of cheap stuff.

I called the only three glass shops in town, and the least expensive windshield for my Ranger was $285 + tax.

For comparison, I just had a new windshield put in a 2012 GMC full size truck (my company truck) for $299 out the door. Go figure.

 

[Heavyfire14]

i got mine done by safelite. like 160 bux and they came and did it in my driveway, and vacuumd my truck when they were done haha

 

[ZMan]

I paid $175 for my Jeep Grand Cherokee, but its a little more complicated to change than a Ranger and I was given a deal because I know the glass guy. I agree though, just have someone do it, changing a windshield is not an easy task when you don't do it for a living.

 

[AllanD]

The place I use is a regional/local chain (the name escapes me at the moment they have four locations in northeast pennsylvania that I know of...

I literally have to make four turns to get there so knowing their name isn't terribly important.

 

[backroad101]

i got mine done by safelite. like 160 bux and they came and did it in my driveway, and vacuumd my truck when they were done haha

+1 on Safelite. Haven't had to do a windshield on the Ranger since I bought it 2 years ago, but I don't think (on past cars) I have ever paid more than $200 with them on any windshield, and they have always come to me. My last one on my other car was $194 installed

One question I do have is, do all Rangers come without the tinted strip on the top of the windshield?

 

[ZMan]

+1 on Safelite. Haven't had to do a windshield on the Ranger since I bought it 2 years ago, but I don't think (on past cars) I have ever paid more than $200 with them on any windshield, and they have always come to me. My last one on my other car was $194 installed

One question I do have is, do all Rangers come without the tinted strip on the top of the windshield?

All the ranger windshields ive bought (4 of them) have had tint.

 

[Heavyfire14]

All the ranger windshields ive bought (4 of them) have had tint.

+1 mine had the tint strip

 

[LonesomeSTX]

The windshield on the truck now does not have it.