my windscreen has now got a bloody great big crack in it
stated out as a stone chip on sunday under the passenger wiper
but has now sent a crack north and south quarter of the way up the window
90 quid to replace and im not covered by my insurance now
Was last year and i dont get paid till next wednesday!!
You won't believe this..but your windscreen isn't the only one claimed by the gravelly doom of Chatsworth!
Friend had a Vectra estate, and he suffered a chipped windscreen. It wasn't so bad to start off with, but he kept putting the repair off, and it was because of this procrastination that a crack developed, and grew over 30cm long. His own fault for being so damned lazy!
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yeah i need 1 and the cheapest was £90 fitted with the extra sun tint thing on the top.not too bad but i'll recycle i think,trip to the breakers....
i had a little chip on the inside,was there when i got the car and the mot was runnig out.driving along and my brother says"what you going to do about the screen for the MOT ?" , me "im going to stick this(my daughters scoobydoo figure that is on a glass sucker thing) over it and hopefully they wont notice!" as i gently pushed the sucker onto chip(no pressure) CRACK 15cm crack up !!! DOH could have maybe got it repaired!!
the crack in the window grew an inch in the space of four hours!!
times running out
on coundown to payday 6 days to go
yes thats the price for the tinted windscreen with the built in sunstrip
the crack kept getting bigger because the stone was still in there and the window expands and contracts at a different rate to the stone.
Think yourself lucky...that is an amazingly good price.
The real fun starts when your rear screen needs to be replaced. Screen isn't a problem...but the trim around it? More or less unavailable. The all-in bill is unlikely to be much below £200. And you can't remove the screen without busting the trim.
I bought a new rear screen - bargain at £25 (all my demister elements have been broken), but I'm going to make mighty sure this demister works before fitting the trims I FINALLY found to it!
My solution was to smash a scrap screen and pick the glass out of the trim! No loss to them...I've never seen a 300-series tailgate removed at this yard.
took the day off work on wednesday to get the screen fitted sat there for an hour and a half before the fitter came round and announced he had put a crack in the new screen while fitting it!!
and then tells me they cant get a new one till friday and then asks me if i can take the day off on friday to have it done!!
Ive had it done now they had a pro do it this time
The most worry thing is that he came to tell me it had broke whilst carrying a crow bar!
i hope he dident try to fit it with the crow bar
LOL!! Glad that it wasn't just mine it happened to, I too had the sheepish look and geezer saying "sorry mate, I just cracked the new one" Wonder if they break more than they put in....
(Oh, yeah, after that it leaked too, seemingly if one cracks, they get scared and don't use enough goo, might be worth keeping an eye on for a while)
