at 10.35pm i heard a bang-bang, just been out 5 mins ago, some bast*rd has smashed the front screen in one place with fist/stick....
thanks very much!
thanks very much!
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Aw that's rough, sorry to hear it. Some people just can't help themselves can they, just utterly mindless!
what have i done to upset some mindless get? could it be they don`t like the number plate?
I`m now £75.00 out of pocket!!
I`m now £75.00 out of pocket!!
Sorry to hear this Brian. Hope you've got it sorted OK.
Sorry to hear about this man, hope it gets sorted, and hope the bastard somehow gets caught. Any of your neighbours have CCTV that might have caught it?
If you haven't already sorted it, talk to your local windscreen specialist. It is flat glass. They can cut a new one from their stock glass, like they do for tractors. Might be quite cheap.
Really? Tried to get a windscreen + fitment under my £80 windscreen insurance excess last weekend. Suggestions like this were met with dismay. Interested to hear peeps experiences though.
is tractors glass safe glass or the old stuff like used in side windows that shatters in to loads of little squares?
Yep this is exactly what I did when I smashed my windscreen - cost 70 quid to get one cut and fitted, all the correctly laminated glass is used by the aftermarket window companies aswell as mobile glass fitters. It'll be worth looking into, I got mine done by a company called Cab Glazing, based in Ripon.
Ours was £60 I think from an independent glass fitter in St Helens - fairly close to you Brian if you still need.
auto windscreens can`t get one till friday morning, stuck with them now, but will bear the guy you know in mind david, £ 60 is a good deal
They cut it from laminated glass sheets. Quite clever, they score the glass with a glass cutter, then pour a little meths into the crack, light it and this breaks the inner membrane and seals it. Quite a skill.
Cutting the toughened glass is very difficult because it is so highly stressed.
Interesting thanks
Do you mean laminated glass is difficult to cut, or are you saying toughened glass is more difficult than laminated?
with the last line as toughened is the stuff that breaks into millions of pieces?
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Interesting thanks
Do you mean laminated glass is difficult to cut, or are you saying toughened glass is more difficult than laminated?
Laminated glass is simple sheet glass, two sheets bonded together with a plastic membrane glueing them together. The glass is cut using normal glass cutting tools and generally does as it is told. Cutting and sealing the inner membrane is the really clever bit.
Toughened glass, is the stuff our side and rear windows are made of, which breaks into lots of little bits. Quite flexible and tough when you want to break it, but at the same time quite stressed. Catching an edge on a sharp object, or trying to stand the glass on a concrete floor can often have it burst. Scratch the surface with a diamond (e.g. engagement ring) and it will burst easily. For this reason, cutting it to different sizes is very difficult. I think it involves heating it to relieve some stress. It is normally moulded to the required size, rather than cut to size, but sometimes can be cut to size for van side windows, if flat.
still have no windscreen, delivery was called off yesterday with delivery 11am,today, called off again, due to screen being scratched, delivery tomorrow
morning hopefully, and.....raining in the morning! spoke to my broker about this shortage of windscreens, have said they will look into this case, my broker prefers i use Auto windscreens, hence £ 75.00 Excess,
other supplier,£125.00
P.S, would you believe i can get a fiat 130 coupe screen easiar ? considering there are only 12 or so on the road?
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my old insurer was £70 excess if i used autoglass £100 if i used an independant, i only had to give the independant £30 due to cashback deals they do, so don't be put off by the higher excess, ring the independents and see what deal they can do.
P.S, would you believe i can get a fiat 130 coupe screen easiar ? considering there are only 12 or so on the road?
When you get the 130 screen fitted into the Panda, do post a pic.
