SetH
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Registered: 15th Jul 01
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Ok so I came back to the Passat after work the other day and there is a 20cm curved crack in the Windscreen. Left it in a pay and display in a fairly safe area, no idea how the hell it happened I cannot possible see what a Human would accidently do to cause such a Crack.
Anyway, have never gone down the route of sourcing a new windscreen for a car and before I start phoning around I just wanted to see if anyone has and what your experiences were?
1) What kind of damage to you think im looking at £££'s?
2) Any recommendations for suppliers/fitters
3) I think the glass is slightly tinted from Factory and dont want some cheapo mong glass tbh
Thanks.
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Darrell16v
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Registered: 5th Feb 11
Location: Newry_Northern Ireland
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"Autoglass repair,Autoglass replace"
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
Location: Cheshire
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Ring your insurance company. Whats your excess? Is it low? As you'll only pay that and it won't affect your no claims.
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SetH
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Cheers Ben, I'll give that a try first.
Excess is fairly low iirc.
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Ben J
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Your windscreen excess will probably be different to your policy excess. Mine is £75 as long as I use my insurers approved windscreen suppliers.
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Phillips_91
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my insurance excess is £60 for windscreen but i can only use there supplier, but tbh the guy was pretty good, friendly and proffesional 
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Bobber123
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a new windscreen will cost about £300 if your paying for it, if you pay your insurance excess about £60ish mine was anyway, but make sure you check with your insurance that its not classed as a claim on your insurance, i remember reading somewhere ages ago that some insurance companies are starting to class windscreens as a claim, not sure how true that is but its worth a try. also i have seen a job sone by national windscreens and it was shit, could see all the glue right round the window, looked shite, go with autoglass i rekon, they should do a like for like replacement to they should get the exact same screen.
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SetH
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Ok It is being done by Autoglass through my insurance at a cost of £65 that does not count as a claim 
Cheers for help all.
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Ben J
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Mine doesn't affect no claims but deffo check first!
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Ben J
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quote:
Originally posted by SetH
Ok It is being done by Autoglass through my insurance at a cost of £65 that does not count as a claim
Cheers for help all.
Winner.
[Edited on 07-06-2011 by Ben J]
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Ben J
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My bloody windscreen is cracked now!
Coming off M6 at Haydock and two bloody big rocks/stones size of my fist come off a truck and come bouncing down road. One went under car, other his top corner passenger side and put an 8 inch crack in screen. I wear if it had hit centrally it would have come through.
[Edited on 08-06-2011 by Ben J]
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