General Panda windscreen price!

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General Panda windscreen price!

You have to grind partway through the windscreen top laminated sheet if glass

Then gently hit with a center punch to create a bulls eye, the crack will stop here

Then you drop some very thin UV resin in and press from the inside to spread the crack move along and compillary action will draw the resin in

It's good but not 100% at certain angles you can still see it

Knowing how deep to grind and how hard to hit takes experience, and you have one shot at it,

Being on the passenger side it should still pass an MOT

A decent windscreen repair should be able to do for a reasonable amount, others only do chips

You can cut them out yourself with a bit of piano wire and a couple of sticks for handles, I cut a glass sunroof out myself to swap to another car as nobody was willing to risk doing it for me

Having said that the proper tools aren't that expensive these days especially on aliexpress

You can save labour by doing some of it yourself and finding a second hand screen, but still probably cheaper to get a mobile fitter to fit rather than buying bond, primer, activator
My understanding with windscreen damage is if it's within the swept area of the wipers it's an MOT failure. A stone chip you may get away with but a crack (n)
 
My understanding with windscreen damage is if it's within the swept area of the wipers it's an MOT failure. A stone chip you may get away with but a crack (n)
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Checks are for visibility of diver zone A
For excessive tint
For BSI standard

Crack not in zone A should not be a fail
Crack in zone A that does not effect vision should not be a fail

There is an argument that there is a safety issue but as far as I know nobody has checked the strength undamaged, damaged and repaired
 
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