windscreen

well just had autoglass come and nick £75 off me for a replacement windscreen as mine cracked last sunday in chatham

Probably a good thing in the long run mine is like a sparkly mess in the sun as it has so many chips on it

id been sayin for weeks to myself that i needed to get the chips sorted but never got round to it then sunday went to the car in the mornin and found it had cracked

Cost me £50 2 years ago, thats gone up!

Im attempting to remove one from a car and put it on mine this weekend lol

let the force be with you stu

mig wire stu, use it as a saw but be very carefull round the corners as thats where they crack

Thanks Bob, my bro said to use mig wire. hopefully it comes out ok. saves me some money then

mig wire thats a nice cheap way of doing it when i got my r it had a massive crack in it managed to get a screen fitted for 120 when i spoke to autoglass they wanted 400 plus for it i was so shocked said to the bloke i only wanted one lol

New £120 fitted with a brown or blue tint along the top is about the cheapest up my way (a4 windscreens.) They came to my nanas out in the sticks removed two refitted one of them for £50 which i thought was a good price

i didnt have windscreen cover on my last car and the screen cracked they wanted £370 for a replacement, luckily my renewal was a month later

Unfortunately I have a cracked windscreen, anyone know who replaces them on the cheap, I am based in Essex.
Does the screen fit from a normal 1.6 or 1.4 Sunny?
Thanks.

Yes mate same screen as a sunny  .... if you want cheap probably best to ring round some independant  companys  as places like autoglass are quite dear . Or see if you can just buy the screen and fit it yourself i did my old car  loctite do a silicone for windows comes in a tube that you put in a gun got it from a local motor factors for around 15quid .

Thanks nomad, just read your thread re your Astra, not too confident about fitting myself, great that the screen is the same as the sunny, I was getting worried that I would not be able to get a replacement.
Thanks again.

No problem mate ...... its not as bad as you think .....get the old one out wich you dont have to be to gentle with  but first undo the strips down the sides there is a couple of screws when you open the doors at the top take wipers off and remove scuttle panel ...get rid of the old shit screen ....then clean it up ruj a 10mm bead all arount the edge of car where the screen sits put the rubber on top of the screen get a friend to help lift it in place push down to bed it on to the silicone  put rest back together job done

ok sounds easy enough, I shall look tomorrow for the screws, then next job it to look out for a windscreen....not paying £350 - £400 to a big windscreen company like Autoglass!

boyciegtir325 wrote:ok sounds easy enough, I shall look tomorrow for the screws, then next job it to look out for a windscreen....not paying £350 - £400 to a big windscreen company like Autoglass!

practice on your one, once you've sussed it you can do my one then, sorted.......... BOB i need that windscreen you said i could have  

hreggtir wrote:

boyciegtir325 wrote:ok sounds easy enough, I shall look tomorrow for the screws, then next job it to look out for a windscreen....not paying £350 - £400 to a big windscreen company like Autoglass!

practice on your one, once you've sussed it you can do my one then, sorted.......... BOB i need that windscreen you said i could have  

if u want Loctite silicon all over your paintwork, then it's a deal....this has disaster written all over it! 

  dunno if its worth a go, i'll try and have a ring round and see if anyone can do a deal on doing 2, i'm popping down Bobs tomorrow i'll see if he's got 2, he did have 1, which i had my eyes on.

Anybody know if a Nissan Sunny 1995 windscreen will fit a 1990 Gtir????
I know nomad has said Sunny's do fit but what if it's a 95 year???
Thanks.

hreggtir wrote:  dunno if its worth a go, i'll try and have a ring round and see if anyone can do a deal on doing 2, i'm popping down Bobs tomorrow i'll see if he's got 2, he did have 1, which i had my eyes on.

ok thx hreggtir.

ive got a windscreen still in the car were breaking which you can have if you wanna take the time to get it out
cars gonna be scrapped next week though

Thanks Bob, so far I have had 2 quotes to supply and fit, both with blue tint, £156 and £132, much better than I thought.......not too confident about fitting a new screen so will probably get one of these companies to do it. I shall ring around a bit further tho.
Think hreggtir is popping to see you today, could you please pass on this info for me...by the way, the coilovers are much softer now and my head is no longer bouncing off the roof, so thx again for that info.

no worries paul and glad the softer settings have worked ok

if dannys down here today I guess he will have a crack at getting the screen out the car, if it breaks then its no biggy
have none of you's got w/s cover on your policies generally you only have to pay the £50 excess and that's it

richpulsar wrote:well just had autoglass come and nick £75 off me for a replacement windscreen as mine cracked last sunday in chatham

I take it that's the excess through your insurance company and not outright?

boyciegtir325 wrote:Thanks Bob, so far I have had 2 quotes to supply and fit, both with blue tint, £156 and £132, much better than I thought.......not too confident about fitting a new screen so will probably get one of these companies to do it. I shall ring around a bit further tho.
Think hreggtir is popping to see you today, could you please pass on this info for me...by the way, the coilovers are much softer now and my head is no longer bouncing off the roof, so thx again for that info.

go for it at that price, after 2 hours of slicing, i get to the final bit, along the bottom, and crack, £156 is well worth the 2 hours of grief and frustration quickly followed by a few F's then disappointment, wouldn't you agree Bob