Zipper replacement?

[Beder]

Bought ski jacket at LSS last spring. A zipper tooth failed or fell out near the bottom, rendering the thing un-zippable. Looks like a pretty big job to rip that sucker out and replace. Anyone had this done?

[icanseeformiles(andmiles)]

go to fabric store, get zipper repair kit. not too hard to do, instructions in kit.

[TomK]

Here's a place that specializes in outdoor gear fixes that replaced the zipper in my wife's ski jacket and it came out as good as new.

http://www.rainypass.com/

Rainy Pass Repair
4415 Stone Way N
Seattle, WA 98103
(206) 523-8135

[Bud]

no offense to Rainy Pass Repair, but I had a busted zipper on a pair of bibs...took it to their shop, they said the entire zipper needed replacement and it would cost $100.

I ended up taking the bibs to Northwest Garment & Gear Repair in Fremont, they managed to fix the zipper rather than replace it and charged me about $10.

Rainy Pass does good work...they've restitched shoulder straps and such on some of my beat-to-hell backpacks, but there are less expensive (and possibly more creative) shops out there.

[Voltron]

I've sent stuff here with good results.

http://www.specialtyoutdoors.com/

[Beder]

thanks for all replies.