Replacement Windscreen

gzstang said:

Got mine from safelite...looks excatly the same as factory

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Safelite usually works with white label windscreens, which are basically the same quality as original manufacturers but without the car brand logo on them. So yeah it would be very interesting to know if your replacement window came with or without the Ford logo behind the rear view mirror.

Ericc B said:

Safelite usually works with white label windscreens, which are basically the same quality as original manufacturers but without the car brand logo on them. So yeah it would be very interesting to know if your replacement window came with or without the Ford logo behind the rear view mirror.

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I'm sure there's a few people that would snap for a windscreen without the ford logo on and just the black sun lines...

I had a part of a branch fall on to my windscreen and crack it. Autoglass came out and replaced and all I had to do was pay the excess, insurance paid the rest. If it's a crack it has to be replaced you can't just fix it, you can only fix small chips.

Hey Johnny, My RR GT windscreen took a flying stone hit from car in front on Friday :doh:
I was lucky it didn't crack further -was about 5mm dia. With 2 small side cracks about 5mm long.
Autoglass came out today & done a repair to it for £14 on my insurance (VAT cost only).
They said they could source a new windscreen if needed - hope you get sorted okay

CapitanPug said:

Hey Johnny, My RR GT windscreen took a flying stone hit from car in front on Friday :doh:
I was lucky it didn't crack further -was about 5mm dia. With 2 small side cracks about 5mm long.
Autoglass came out today & done a repair to it for £14 on my insurance (VAT cost only).
They said they could source a new windscreen if needed - hope you get sorted okay

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I have also had an Autoglass windscreen chip repair on my Mustang. It was a small but deep chip inside the swept wiper area on the driver side and the technician warned me before he stared work that it would not be invisible. It is completely smooth and I can't detect the chip area by touch but it is still visible but not actually a distraction.

It was just a chip at first, a decent sized one. Then it started to crack almost halfway across the windscreen. Now I'm just waiting on the glass to be imported and then National Windscreens will do the install. Hopefully everything works out. Only time will tell.

j0weave6 said:

It was just a chip at first, a decent sized one. Then it started to crack almost halfway across the windscreen. Now I'm just waiting on the glass to be imported and then National Windscreens will do the install. Hopefully everything works out. Only time will tell.

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Just make sure they get the right one. Some one of the Facebook page ended up with a LH one. So the VIN cut out is in the wrong place :frusty:

Got mine done through the insurance, cost £70 and didn't go down as a claim. Was slightly disappointed they didn't kick it out like they do in the movies :(

It is getting imported from the states so hopefully it's the correct one.

Got in my car and a massive crack about 2 foot long.

Wasn't there when I last drove it.

Autoglass are replacing it but are saying that if I insist on an OE one, I will be liable for the cost as my insurance company will only cover the price of an equivalent aftermarket one.

Hmmm, I wonder if replacing with an aftermarket screen would be classed as a modification from manufacturer's original specification????

croyde said:

Got in my car and a massive crack about 2 foot long.

Wasn't there when I last drove it.

Autoglass are replacing it but are saying that if I insist on an OE one, I will be liable for the cost as my insurance company will only cover the price of an equivalent aftermarket one.

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Don't worry too much about this mate. I had mine replaced through Autoglass 2 weeks ago and got told the same thing.

As I was driving to France 3 days later I told them just to fit whatever windscreen they had. When the fitter turned up, he had the official Ford windscreen

Turns out the Mustang is so rare that apparently no-one other than Ford makes the windscreen, so apparently you should get the original Ford one anyway!

As an aside, I paid a £75 insurance excess and the fitter showed me the invoice for the new windscreen - it cost my insurer £1,968 and apparently had to be air freighted from Nashville because there were none in the country! :lol:

Fitter told me it was the most expensive windscreen he'd ever fitted! Did a fantastic job though, so I fully recommend Autoglass.

Hope you get the same experience.

Blimey!

So the oem windscreen is 6% of the whole cost of my car.

Thanks tho and fingers crossed.

Ta

Under no circumstances use national windscreens!!!! They made a terrible mess of my Volvo. It wasn't aligned well. He stuck a massive rubber strip over the gap that then proceeded to fall off. Refuse to let them touch it until you confirm they are using oem parts including any rubber trim.