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agentx

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hey guys, how much is it to replace a windscreen roughly (r32)? is it worth buying a used one and getting it swapped?

Couple of neighborhood kids thought it would be a good idea to chuck rocks at my house (got 2 smashed house windows and my windscreen damaged and house mates Lexus has a few dents in it). They threw rocks for around 15 minutes, couldn't really see where they were coming from as it was too dangerous to go outside. Cops showed up after 20 minutes but i guess they ran off after that. Has to be one of the houses behind our street .. cant wait to figure out who it was :angry:

Oh and also, if someone has a house for rent in south east anywhere ... ill take it. I've had enough of this northern suburb BS.

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thats where you go to your gun shed, pull out the bean bag shot gun and start shooting back!

bloody little kids, if you have a younger person you know who goes to the local school , better set him up with some cash to fish them out.

SteveL Mentor

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hey guys, how much is it to replace a windscreen roughly (r32)? is it worth buying a used one and getting it swapped?

Give National Windscreens a call. It was 3 years ago, but a brand new one was $180 fitted on site for my GTR. I wouldn't bother with a second hand one, personally.

As to the radio not working, R32's (well, GTR's at least) use a 'diversity' system which uses an antenna built into the front windscreen AND the rear windscreen de-mister grid as an antenna (there's a module in the LHR quarter behind the boot trim that has antenna and grid power connections, it acts as some sort of filter system to eliminate radio interference). Of course this assumes your still using the stock radio (unlikely.....). I disonnected the rear grid antenna connection and added one of those aftermarket Aerpro hidden antenna's. Works fine.

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Give National Windscreens a call. It was 3 years ago, but a brand new one was $180 fitted on site for my GTR. I wouldn't bother with a second hand one, personally.

As to the radio not working, R32's (well, GTR's at least) use a 'diversity' system which uses an antenna built into the front windscreen AND the rear windscreen de-mister grid as an antenna (there's a module in the LHR quarter behind the boot trim that has antenna and grid power connections, it acts as some sort of filter system to eliminate radio interference). Of course this assumes your still using the stock radio (unlikely.....). I disonnected the rear grid antenna connection and added one of those aftermarket Aerpro hidden antenna's. Works fine.

how s the reception?

Mohsen Grand Master

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damn man. i hate little kids...

kids started throwing plums at my house at night. but.. we hid and we lay in wait. for which we pelted their homo asses with water balloons and hosed the little mofos down till they started crying.

ambushing.... its teh shizzz

SteveL Mentor

SteveL

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they did a farking shit job of it but meh what can you do

The important thing when having a windscreen replaced - and it doesn't matter who does it - is to make sure any damage to the paint under the old sealer is repaired BEFORE putting the new windscreen in. When they remove the old sealer they always scrape the old sealer off and can damage the paint, which could expose the underlying metal resulting in corrosion down the track (the new sealant only delays the inevitable). I've seen this on many cars and had to do the repairs, which in extreme cases involves lots of welding.

I usually use a high zinc primer or something like Kill Rust, but I also ask the installer to come back in a few days after he's removed the windscreen. That give me time to restore the paint, they usually don't mind, but I realise that might be difficult if you need the car back on the road quickly.

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