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cracked windscreen
Just wondered if any one happened to no how or can fit windscreen old or new as i have a mighty crack in mine thanks dan.![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
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Re: cracked windscreen
most people have replacement in there insurance cover, if you haven't then it's not a job i would recommend you doing yourself, expect prices to range from
£500 plus but if you shop about you may be able to get that figure down to around
£200 if your lucky
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you could always buy a second hand window from someone local and see if someone at auto glass would fit it as a homer, that's if someone else has the knowledge to remove the second hand window without breaking it, also remember there are different shades of window![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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you could always buy a second hand window from someone local and see if someone at auto glass would fit it as a homer, that's if someone else has the knowledge to remove the second hand window without breaking it, also remember there are different shades of window
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Re: cracked windscreen
and special rubber seals with the
"special water thing" that stops it from pooring through your side window
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Re: cracked windscreen
I found National Windscreens quote much cheaper than Autoglass when it comes to getting a new windscreen fitted
(for those times when you need a new one but don't have windscreen cover on your insurance policy
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It's a little while ago now but I think a new
'import' bronze tint cost me around the 250 pounds mark fitted from National Windscreens.
The UK car green tinted screen was a bit cheaper and closer to 200 pounds if I remember correctly.
I rang to book in/order the glass then drove to the shop to get it fitted.
Fitting time was around 1.5hrs
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It's a little while ago now but I think a new
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Re: cracked windscreen
I got new blue tinted windscreen including new seals for
£120 fitted
- I ignored the big 2 and asked the local garages to recommend someone and was surprised at the number of alternatives given!!
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Re: cracked windscreen
There is a Toyota part number for a kit to get the old one out.
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involves a bit of piano wire to run around the windscreen to break it free and then different adhesive packs depending on the ambient temperature of the region.![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
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Re: cracked windscreen
"Autoglass repair, Autoglass replace" as our local radio station says repeatedley 10 times an hour. I used a local guy as the rep of the national guys was appawling. I believe a windscreen was £180odd (mixed in with allot of other window work) but I knew nothing at the time of the proper windscreen seal so probably don't have one. Doesn't bother me much anyway -though pay attention to the tint IMO, mine's slightly out.
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Thanks peeps will bare that all in mind and let you know how i get on.dan