How long to change windscreen?

stoofa · 16 Jul 2013 at 20:55

Be thankful it's not a rear glass. I had to drive around for 2 weeks with polythene covering the rear of my car.
This was glass for my Octy vRS - happened to have a built-in diversity aerial and there wasn't a single sheet of it in the UK

Tom_ed1987 · 16 Jul 2013 at 21:06

Duke said:
Changed the windscreen on almost every car I've had under insurance - a bargain at £50-70 and is much nicer to look through one without scratches and other tiny chips on that catch the sun.

+1, really makes a difference on an older car. Just have to be careful the fitter dosen't break any cowling clips or damage the paint though :rolleyes:

ubersonic · 16 Jul 2013 at 22:07

Tom_ed1987 said:
+1, really makes a difference on an older car. Just have to be careful the fitter dosen't break any cowling clips or damage the paint though

And that they don't mess up, windscreen replacement is one of the worst things to screw up on a car, if the is an issue with the seal at the top then by the time your roof starts to bubble your looking at well over a four figure bill.

paintguy · 16 Jul 2013 at 22:15

ubersonic said:
And that they don't mess up, windscreen replacement is one of the worst things to screw up on a car, if the is an issue with the seal at the top then by the time your roof starts to bubble your looking at well over a four figure bill.

That came to my mind too with the mention of changing screens for the sake of it.

I'd agree that it's nice to have a fresh screen, but if you intend to keep the car a while I'd advise against changing unless you have to. It only takes a tiny nick in the paint for the rot to set in and I've seen fitters take huge chunks of paint off when cutting out an old glass! Hidden behind the new glass you'll never see it until it's too late.