On the way to Mallacoota I got a crack in my windscreen.
Bout 12cm long, on the drivers side, head high, coming from the right hand side.
I got told by O'Brians that it's in my critical vision area and can't be repaired. I got a quote from them for $765, including labour for a new windscreen.
1) Has any one replaced their windscreen?
2) If yes to 1, then may I ask how much?
Would there be any place willing to still repair it? Considering it will be sorta breaking the Australian Standards...
except mines on the passenger side so i mite b able to get away with it for a while!! Let me know how much it ends up costin ya as ill need to get it done in the near future too!!
Well. today I gave Novus a call, and a nice gentleman on the other end told me that yes my winscreen in fixable, so today a mobile ute came round and fixed my windscreen, it took around 45 minutes.
They told me that it wouldn't looks like new but the crack would be by 80% less visible and it has a guarantee not to spread.
Looking at the result, the work isn't bad and i'm quite happy with the result, as it is hard to see the crack, how ever you can sorta see it more in different light.
It sure is a good temporal fix, for $75, instead of paying $765 to O'Brians for a new windscreen.
So in the end, if someone has a windscreen crack that is 8" long, I recomend Novus Windscreens, they have places throught out the country.
Try to find a place in Melbourne that can actually repair it so you can't see the crack... If that is possible, cos I can slightly still see my crack... (Sounds bad eh? )
Cos in the ACT, I aint got much choice... with repairers...
Mine has a crack aswell on passenger side. Should check with your insurance because i think i have one free windscreen a year. Have to find the paper work to check again.
So how many people got there windscreen crack from the trip.
Boris wrote:Yeah, thanx Patty, I checked, i didn't have a free windscreen...
I think about 3 people that I know of got some sorta of damage... Ahwell...
Atleast with yours, cos it's on the passanger side you may be able to get someone to completely remove the crack...
have you seem robb's and my front bars / bonnets. We've done a lot of country driving and well unfortunately stone chips are just something you have to live with
the general rule is don't follow too close and you will avoid stone chips...
Thats the silly thing, as u've all read i tailgated several people for quite a bit of the trip (although they seem to think i did it for longer than i thought!! ) and i got my chip when i was about 150m behing mikey!!!
Slither wrote:Thats the silly thing, as u've all read i tailgated several people for quite a bit of the trip (although they seem to think i did it for longer than i thought!! ) and i got my chip when i was about 150m behing mikey!!!
luck of the draw i guess
ah that totally sucks...
yeah well if your tailgating the stones don't get a chance to get too high... but you run the risk of a rear ender...
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