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Broken Windscreen

Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 3:25 pm
by Stephen
Guys I'm lookng for some advice i have been running most of the winter with the hard top on the car (S1) and have just reverted to using the soft top.
I went out yesterday to find the windscreen is broken with two cracks one just to the passenger side of the mirror and one on the drivers side at the wing mirror.
The channel on the top of the windscreen surronnd seems to have a lesser gap at the driver's side than the passenger side but not much. I have looked and everything seems ok, plastic touching plastic. Any ideas?

Ps
I have cross posted withthe yahoo list

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 11:38 am
by Shug
Weird...

Re: the channel, it's hand-bonded, so unlikely to be totally even.

WRT the glass, the only thing I can think of is that the last owner grabbed onto the top of the screen to haul him/herself out. Shouldn't do this - the screen surround is fibreglass and not structural - the bar is the only rollover protection.

Sounds like it's a straight replacement job. :(

Probably the best bet is to pop over to Murray Edin and get someone who knows to give it a once over.

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:47 pm
by caleebra
Have you got windscreen cover on your insurance?!?

Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 7:53 pm
by Stephen
I have insurance so it will be a straight £50 excesss which isn't too much of a bother, I just thaught it was weird that it has broken. Hence at first I thaught that I had fitted the hood wrongly.