Cost of a new windscreen

[Adamm]

As its a new car you shouldn't have a problem with getting a genuine screen!

 

[Maz]

Thanks Karl it gives me an idea of what I might need to pay.

 

[TwingoGeekeo]

No problems

 

[clio200cup]

you won't need to pay - do what is proposed above, and make something hit it while you were on the motorway.... lol. hit it with a hammer, go back, and they won't be able to repair it, so will have to replace.

 

[Ed...]

Whats the policy excess maz?

 

[RalphyBMW]

Autoglass won't fit a genuine screen, they will fit an "OE quality" screen.

If you aren't happy with the chip repair, I am sure it would be very easy for it to get another stone crack. Hence new screen needed.

 

[Adamm]

Autoglass won't fit a genuine screen, they will fit an "OE quality" screen.

If you aren't happy with the chip repair, I am sure it would be very easy for it to get another stone crack. Hence new screen needed.

My pervious car and my dads merc have both had genuine screens fitted after being cracked. :blink:

 

[Mike Roberts]

Likewise, I insisted - it's my car, my insurance is paying, I wanted a genuine screen.

 

[clio200cup]

^^^^^ 'like' ^^^^^

 

[RalphyBMW]

Well I tried this when my screen was repaired last month, granted not through Autoglass, and couldn't manage to swing it.

My understanding was that you would only get a genuine screen if one couldn't be procured from their usual supplier, as if often the case with very new models.

 

[Mike Roberts]

You're entitled to have the car returned to the state it was in pre-damage, you wouldn't let them put on a replica alloy wheel if one got damaged.

 

[Maz]

Excess is £70, which is fine, just can't be bothered arguing with them if I'm honest..

 

[Ed...]

Lol £70 compared to 450 + lol

 

[gaz]

ocd ftl

 

[Maz]

They will only replace the screen via insurance if it needs replacing, in this instance I was told it didnt... Im not happy with the repair so I will have to pay for it myself because the insurance wont.

OCD indeed...

 

[stanners]

I'd just wait a few weeks and tap it with a hammer lol.

I'm sure ive read somewhere that a fixed screen is never a 100% fix (stuff they use not as good as they make out) and it will fail at some point.

 

[clio200cup]

take heed of the majority of advice given, tw@ it with a hammer!! lol

 

[RalphyBMW]

Or even just pour boiling water on it in the morning. Should do the job.

 

[clio200cup]

hammer's more fun!! ha ha

 

[Paul]

Take your hairdryer to the spot where it was chipped and it will crack - they cannot repair and new screen is on its way. One thing you need to tell them is about the rain sensor which IIRC means they need to fit a Renault one for some bizzare reason, at least that is what I was told when I had the windscreen guy out.