Anyone Cracked Their Windscreen?

[qikstagea]

This morning i was putting to work when a fourby hammered past, flicking a rock which put a lil crack in the corner of my windscreen. Which, over the course of about 5 minutes, spread down and in to just about the centre of my windscreen. Its beyond repair - has anyone had to replace their windscreen, or a windscreen on an imported car in general???? should i buy glass that ive seen on yahoo japan and have it sent over then fitted??? or can they get the glass for stageas here?

[Blitz]

This morning i was putting to work when a fourby hammered past, flicking a rock which put a lil crack in the corner of my windscreen. Which, over the course of about 5 minutes, spread down and in to just about the centre of my windscreen. Its beyond repair - has anyone had to replace their windscreen, or a windscreen on an imported car in general???? should i buy glass that ive seen on yahoo japan and have it sent over then fitted??? or can they get the glass for stageas here?

I had to replace my GTR windscreen after I put my fist through it

Easy job though, did it at Obriens and it was covered by insurance.

[qikstagea]

I had to replace my GTR windscreen after I put my fist through it

Easy job though, did it at Obriens and it was covered by insurance.

much of a wait for the glass? and what year GTR? Cos skylines are pretty common now, but stageas.... arent....

[msnismo]

Within 2 days of owning my current R33 GTST my window suffered the same fate. (June this year)

$220 fitted at O'Briens - insurance then reimbursed me. They fitted the same day too - got one of their guys to go to the Newcastle warehouse and get one for me!

[d00dz]

Within 2 days of owning my current R33 GTST my window suffered the same fate. (June this year)

$220 fitted at O'Briens - insurance then reimbursed me. They fitted the same day too - got one of their guys to go to the Newcastle warehouse and get one for me!

That's pretty cheap.. Did they come to your house? or You went to them?

I got quoted $450 for a new windscreen. Think one of the NSW SAU members paid $400 for their new windscreen from obriens too..

[msnismo]

That's pretty cheap.. Did they come to your house? or You went to them?

I got quoted $450 for a new windscreen. Think one of the NSW SAU members paid $400 for their new windscreen from obriens too..

I went to them....seeing as its only a 5 minute drive from my house!

I had a hole in the window from a rock on the F3 - got home parked in the garage, went out the next morning to get the hole repaired - soon as the sun hit it cracked the whole way across and was not fixable anymore

They were pretty good though - went in about 9.30am and they said they only had them in stock in Newcastle sooooo they sent a driver up there to grab one and dropped my car back at 1pm to get fitted.

*** just checked my receipt and was definitely $220 fitted - maybe they made an error when they quoted me? ***

[Ska]

Do a search, ring up Novus in Burpengary dude, they did mine just after I bought mine about a year ago, dunno how much it cost, was covered under insurance, but they alluded that it was no more or less than avgerage falodore.

[qikstagea]

turnaround time, cy?

[qikstagea]

haha got quoted $550 fitted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Novus said $440 + $35 if the seal around it needs replacing.

Edited November 15, 2006 by qikstagea

[Ska]

I called them and they did it the next day, put it in the morning and got it back by lunch

[Ska]

Thank god for insurance then eh

[IMPORTD]

insurance claim

[qikstagea]

hmmmm might insure the bastard THEN make some calls

alternatetivley i could get a couple of screens over from yahoo auctions, have one fitted and keep one as a spare in case it happens again, or i can sell it on when it happens to someone else i guess. Most of the cash just goes on shipping.

[BoyWhoCriedWolf]

Contact Steve from RMA imports. He got me one for $165.00

[EGA41T]

if you were to buy one from nissan they are only $666.27 + GST + fitting lol

[qikstagea]

Ha $666.... plus for a limited time only - if you sell your soul you get a bonus REAR window too!!!

[Mr_RS4]

Just to dig up an old thread, I got a nice crack in my windscreen on the weekend. Started out as just a small 2 cm crack but being 3 hours outside of Brisbane and doing 110 caused it to become about a 30 cm crooked crack in no time at all Now I have read the other threads and it seems that Novus in Burpengary are the guys to go to. My question is that I can see a black dotted strip around the outer edges of the windscreen, and isn't the switch on the dash to the right of where the ignition is some sort of windscreen defogging or defroster (for ice and such), the one you puch once to turn on and once to turn off and has a little orange light on the top of it. If I'm right is that black dotted strip anything to do with that and if it is do the aftermarket ones have them.....just curious, and if I'm wrong about that button what the hell does it do???

Edited July 13, 2007 by Mr_RS4

[darrinspencer]

Do you mean this switch on the left?

This is the rear window demistor

There is no front electrical demistor, that what your a/c heated air is for

[Mr_RS4]

Nah to the right of the ignition key barrel. I wasn't sure what it did, the only reason I thought it was something to do with the windscreen was from reading the factory japanese manual I have and going by the pics And yes I know the a/c heated air is to demist.

[Mr_RS4]

anyway as long as it has nothing to do with the windscreen or those little dotted black lines have nothing to do with anything then I don't mind getting an aftermarket one. Thats my only concern. Can anyone tell me what this switch does then???