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Cracked windscreen.... Autoglass or RAC Auto windscreen?

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Jonny Boaterboy:
Well I have had it done....... first appointment turned up to find they had ordered a screen for a P38! second appointment they only had half the trim in  :x and then on the third attempt all went well! To be fair I got to know the fitter a bit, as I had come in three times,  and he knew what he was doing, this also enabled me to stay in the workshop and "lend a hand" or to put it more accurately..... get in the way! rather than sitting in the waiting room.

As for the question or RAC or autoglass, don't go near RAC, they make their own glass which is a poor standard and does not always fit. Auto glass use good quality screens, the one now fitted in mine is made by Pilkington, and was exactly the same as the one taken out i.e. all the shading was the same.

A couple of points to remember, make sure they get all 4 of the trims in that go around the windscreen, and ask them to get genuine Land Rover as they did with mine, they sometimes try and save trims and reuse them. Also take a carfull look at the paint work on the edge of the bonnet and the body work leading to the windscreen, this panel had to be part removed to plug the heated windscreen sockets in, and they were not too carfull with it, so make sure there are no scratches or dents. Luckily I did not get any, but this was only because I stooped him as he tried to lift the bonnet with the panel part off which would have dented scratched quite nicely!

I have not had chance to try the heated windscreen as yet but they tell me this is guaranteed for 12 months while the fitment of the screen  i.e. waterproofness wind noise etc is guaranteed for as long as you keep the car.

Hope this helps thanks all for the advise   

trecfive:

--- Quote from: Jonny Boaterboy on February 21, 2009, 21:20:01 ---Well I have had it done....... first appointment turned up to find they had ordered a screen for a P38! second appointment they only had half the trim in  :x and then on the third attempt all went well!
 

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Same as above except went out to the car this morning and the screen has cracked on the drivers side above the scuttle panel, with two cracks one in a horse shoe shape and the other from the wiper boss area straight up at 45degrees.
The start of round two with three more visits to get it right. From other people's postings i hate to think what the RAC service is like, but the fitter were very good about it. This is a week later from when it was fitted, hope the guarantee is as good as the leaflet you get

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