Windshield Replacement and Window Repair in Sun City, AZ
Superior Replacement Windows has been replacing glass across the Valley since 2010. We cover every Sun City Unit, and we come to you. Most quotes go back the same working day.
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Two departments. Pick yours and it goes straight to the right team.
Windshield or auto glassYear, make, model or VINHome or business glassWindows, sliding doors, storefront
Or call and we will quote it on the phone.
What needs fixing?
Cracked windshieldMobile service, free. ADAS calibration on site.Get a windshield quote ›Broken or fogged windowGlass only, fitted into the frame you already have.Get a window quote ›Sliding door stuckUsually rollers and track, not the glass.Get a door quote ›Storefront glassRetail and office units, tempered replacement.Talk to commercial ›
Free Sun City Glass & Windshield Quote
Getting a quote is free and easy.
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Call Us
Call (602) 777-3717. We talk through what has broken and where it is, at no charge.
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Inspection
We work out whether it is a repair or a replacement, and whether the glass alone will do it.
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Get Quote
Year, make and model or VIN for a vehicle. Measurements and glass type for a window. Either way you get a number.
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Online Form
Or fill in the quote form and one of our glass people will call or email you back.
Lifetime limited warrantyOn our workmanship and on every windshield we replace
Free mobile serviceWe come to you, at home or at work
Insurance acceptedUnder ARS 20-469 you choose the shop, not your insurer
We beat written quotesPaying cash? Bring a written quote and we beat it
Family owned since 2010Replacing glass across the Valley for 16 years
Why choose Superior in Sun City
Same working day on most quotes. Single pane and stock sliding door glass is often fitted the same day. Custom dual pane units take five to seven days because the unit is built to your measurements.
Glass only, in the frame you already have. If the frame is sound and square we do not sell you a window. Sun City frames are sixty years old and still square, so almost everything here is glass and hardware. We are not going to try to sell you windows.
The oldest stock we work on. Nearly nine in ten Sun City homes predate 1980, which makes original single pane and worn-out balances the everyday job here rather than the exception.
Family owned and operating since 2010, with a written lifetime limited warranty on our workmanship and on every windshield we replace.
Home window repair in Sun City
Sun City has the oldest housing stock of any community we serve. The median home was built in 1973 and 86.7% of the units went up before 1980. That makes it the one place in the Valley where original single pane aluminum windows and worn-out balances are still the everyday job rather than the exception: though plenty of homes here have since been retrofitted to dual pane, so both are routine.
Single pane window replacement in Sun City
Original single pane glass in aluminum frames is still standard across most Units. Stock sizes we usually cut and fit the same day, and we can replace the balances and rollers at the same visit.
$175 to $325 to 10 sq ft · $300 to $550 to 30 sq ft
Sliding glass door repair in Sun City
Fifty-year-old rollers and spiral balances are the single most common call we get in Sun City. A door that drags or a window that will not stay up is hardware, not glass, and both are repairable without replacing anything you can see.
$375 to $650 tempered clear · $550 to $950 dual pane · oversized higher
Dual pane window repair in Sun City
A good number of Sun City homes have had dual pane units retrofitted into the original frames over the years. Those retrofits are now old enough to fail in their own right. Fogging or haze between the panes means the seal has gone, and the sealed unit is replaced rather than the window.
$300 to $900 glass only · custom units 5 to 7 days
Window screen repair in Sun City
We re-screen existing frames and build new ones, in insect mesh or heavier sun screen fabric. On original frames a re-screen is usually all that is needed.
Quoted, not listed size and fabric decide the cost
Not sure which part failed? Point at it on this diagram when you call and we can quote it over the phone. Fog sits behind the dual pane seal, a door that drags is the roller and track, and a torn screen is its own small job.
Windshield replacement in Sun City
Sun City sits on Grand Avenue and Bell Road rather than a freeway, which means most driving here is surface miles and shorter trips. Chips still happen, and a chip near an edge or in your line of sight does not stay a chip for long in this heat.
$200 to $800 for most vehicles. Add $300 to $600 where calibration is required.
Luxury and exotic vehicles are quoted separately. These are ranges rather than quotes, and your firm price comes from the shop once we have the VIN.
Windshield, door glass, quarter glass and back glass. Tell us which one and we quote it.
Our warranty
Windshield replacement
A written lifetime limited warranty, and mobile service is free.
Window installation
A lifetime limited warranty on our workmanship, for as long as you own the property.
The glass itself
Warranted against defect.
We beat written quotes. Paying cash? Bring us a written quote from another Arizona glass shop for the same job and the same glass, and we will beat it.
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Free quote, no obligation, and we come to you anywhere in Sun City.
Where we work in Sun City
Sun City ZIP codes:
85351 85373
Sun City was platted in numbered Units rather than named subdivisions. We work across all of them, and around every recreation center: Bell, Fairway, Lakeview, Marinette, Mountain View, Oakmont, Sundial and Grand.
Getting to Sun City from our shop
Our shop is at 4202 E Elwood St in Phoenix, just south of Sky Harbor.
What we find across Sun City
Sun City opened on 1 January 1960 and 86.7% of its housing was built before 1980, 57.8% of it in the 1970s and 28.9% in the 1960s. It is the oldest stock we work on by two decades, and it needs a different job list from anywhere else in the Valley.
Original single pane in aluminum frames is the norm, and that works in your favor. A stock size runs $175 to $325 up to ten square feet and we usually cut and fit it the same day.
Hardware is the bigger half of the work. Spiral balances lose their tension and the sash will not stay up. Rollers on sliding windows and patio doors wear flat. Neither needs the glass touched, and parts for 1960s and 70s aluminum windows are still available. Where an exact match has been discontinued there is normally a current equivalent that fits.
Sun City is platted in numbered Units rather than named subdivisions, so the useful landmark when you call is your recreation center: Bell, Fairway, Lakeview, Marinette, Mountain View, Oakmont, Sundial or Grand. That tells us where you are and roughly which build year to expect.
Where dual pane does turn up it is a retrofit somebody paid for later, often in the 1990s or 2000s, and those units are now at the age where the seal goes. We replace the unit and leave the frame.
One thing worth knowing before you call: we work Monday to Friday, 7:30am to 5:00pm.
Questions from Sun City customers
No. The moisture is sealed inside the unit and nothing reaches it. Fogging is uncommon in Sun City because 86.7% of the housing was built before 1980, when single pane was standard, so most of what we replace here is a single sheet of glass rather than a sealed unit.
No. The original aluminum frames here are sixty years old and still square, which is why almost everything we do in Sun City is glass and hardware rather than windows. Replacing them would cost many times the repair and gain you very little.
Almost never. Sun City rollers and tracks have been in service since the 1960s and 70s and they wear out. So do the spiral balances that hold a sash up. Both are replaceable without touching the glass, and a door that takes two hands is worth fixing before it becomes a reason not to use the patio.
Single pane and stock sliding door glass is often same day, and balance and roller work usually is too, which between them covers most of what Sun City calls us for. Custom dual pane units take five to seven days because the unit is built to your measurements.
Yes, anywhere in Sun City, at home or at the recreation centers. There is no freeway through Sun City, so the chips we see here come off Grand Avenue and Bell Road rather than highway miles. Calibration is done on site where your vehicle needs it.
You do. Under Arizona law, ARS 20-469, you choose the glass shop for a vehicle glass loss, not your insurer. Where an insurer recommends a shop it has to tell you about that right at the same time.
No, that is the balance. Sun City windows are old enough that the original spiral balances have simply worn out, and they are replaceable without touching the glass or the frame.
Usually yes. Balances, rollers and hardware for 1960s and 70s aluminum windows are still available, and where an exact match has been discontinued there is normally a current equivalent that fits the same channel.
Our services in Sun City
More detail on any of it, and on everything else we do in residential glass: dual pane window repair, single pane replacement, sliding glass door repair and window screen repair.
On the auto glass side: windshield replacement and ADAS calibration.
About Sun City
How Sun City Began
Sun City opened on 1 January 1960, built by Del Webb as the first master-planned active-adult retirement community in the country. The opening weekend drew crowds nobody had forecast and the model was copied everywhere afterwards.
It has never incorporated. Sun City is an unincorporated community governed by its recreation centers and homeowner associations rather than a city hall, and it is laid out in numbered Units rather than named subdivisions: a detail that still confuses anyone giving directions here for the first time.
Notable Landmarks and Major Employers
Banner Boswell Medical Center is the largest employer and has served the community since its earliest years. Eight recreation centers and eight golf courses sit within the community, along with Grand Center.
Retail trade leads resident employment at 1,142, followed by health care at 785. The median resident age is 72.7, the highest of any community in the Valley.