Windscreen now in place.
Discussion
Just finished the windscreen. New one fitted.
Number on ticket, which is a Pilkinton glass green top tint is two numbers.
The first one, which apparently is the old number is HT1100 CL GN. CL(clear)GN (green top fade tint)
The new number for the S sceen is 9255A CL GN, and is on the ticket as for a TVR S TOURER. I would suspect that the tint may be available in other colours but my original appears to have been a green tint which looks fine in the car although it is blue!
The point is that the screen still can be sourced ok and if anyone wants one fitted near Cambridge its fitted for about £260. The screen can be had on its own for £160 plus vat.
gadgit.
Number on ticket, which is a Pilkinton glass green top tint is two numbers.
The first one, which apparently is the old number is HT1100 CL GN. CL(clear)GN (green top fade tint)
The new number for the S sceen is 9255A CL GN, and is on the ticket as for a TVR S TOURER. I would suspect that the tint may be available in other colours but my original appears to have been a green tint which looks fine in the car although it is blue!
The point is that the screen still can be sourced ok and if anyone wants one fitted near Cambridge its fitted for about £260. The screen can be had on its own for £160 plus vat.
gadgit.
If you have not seen this job done it is an eye opener. It is very difficult to get the screen out. most fitters will use a cheese cutter wire with a handle each end and pull this round the screen to cut the seal. The problem is cutting through the plastic resin which holds the screen in place. The silicone is only used to make the edge look good. There is a special tool which slides between the screen and body work and through the compound which is difficult to get through, this is then pulled back through with the wire and then attached to the handle.
The damage is done when this cheese wire is pulled round the screen. Due to the poor finish of the edge on the GRP the wire catches and damages the edge of the body. It also can damage the vinyl on the dash. Mine sustained minor damage around the screen which did not matter as the car was being respayed but this still may happen to any car.
I would have had great difficulty in removing the screen without the fitters help. It took him most of the morning to fit the new one. There are several application to be made before the screen is fitted.
Firstly the new screen edge has to be treated with a spirit wipe and then a special primer is coated to the inside edge of the glass as the polyeurothane glue will not stick to the glass with strength. The car window edge has to have the same treatment and allowed to dry. The a small sponge edge is stuck round the edge of the body window hole.
The glue is then filled into the edge of the sponge trim and body edge ready for the window to be placed onto it.
The whole thing is squeezed together and then the silicone is filled round the edge and made neat.
THIS TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO IT PROPERLY!
The screen is part of the strenght of the car and the correct materials must be used and allowed to set overnight before the car should be driven. Obviously this can't always be done, but I would advise that if you can, pick it up the next day.
The fitter told me (30 years at it!) that the main reason the screens break is that the product has not gone off. It hardens in different areas around the screen and due to the stress not being equal all the way round it cracks! thats why, if you can, leave it overnight. Imagine the stress on it if you put the hood up and pressed the bars home!
Good night.
gadgit.
The damage is done when this cheese wire is pulled round the screen. Due to the poor finish of the edge on the GRP the wire catches and damages the edge of the body. It also can damage the vinyl on the dash. Mine sustained minor damage around the screen which did not matter as the car was being respayed but this still may happen to any car.
I would have had great difficulty in removing the screen without the fitters help. It took him most of the morning to fit the new one. There are several application to be made before the screen is fitted.
Firstly the new screen edge has to be treated with a spirit wipe and then a special primer is coated to the inside edge of the glass as the polyeurothane glue will not stick to the glass with strength. The car window edge has to have the same treatment and allowed to dry. The a small sponge edge is stuck round the edge of the body window hole.
The glue is then filled into the edge of the sponge trim and body edge ready for the window to be placed onto it.
The whole thing is squeezed together and then the silicone is filled round the edge and made neat.
THIS TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO IT PROPERLY!
The screen is part of the strenght of the car and the correct materials must be used and allowed to set overnight before the car should be driven. Obviously this can't always be done, but I would advise that if you can, pick it up the next day.
The fitter told me (30 years at it!) that the main reason the screens break is that the product has not gone off. It hardens in different areas around the screen and due to the stress not being equal all the way round it cracks! thats why, if you can, leave it overnight. Imagine the stress on it if you put the hood up and pressed the bars home!
Good night.
gadgit.
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