Rear perspex window for a Griffith

[lazyitus]

I've just been quoted nearly £300 to have just the plastic rear screen replaced.

Is that a bit steep ??? I don't know. It sounds it on first impression.

Anybody got any advice where else I could phone for a quote ?

[Ballistic Banana]

Bloody hell David H will do you a whole new Rear piece and Targa piece for that price....you just have to fit or find someone to fit it for you...

BB

[braders]

NO NO NO thats way to much i had new compleat roof and screen £725 place in chessington

[TT Tim]

If you have windscreen cover on your insurance then it should fall under that, so it should only be the £50 excess to pay.

My insurers had a £50 excess if I used their approved supplier or £150 if I used my own, as their supplier couldn't supply and fit a new rear screen they waived the extra excess, and I had a local trimmer fit a new screen with better quality plastic, and a lovely job he did of it too!

Worth considering

Tim

PS: Oh, it was about £250 from memory to supply and restitch the screen, which I think is very reasonable considering the price garages charge per hour these days.

Edited by TT Tim on Tuesday 23 September 15:59

[lazyitus]

TT Tim said:

If you have windscreen cover on your insurance then it should fall under that, so it should only be the £50 excess to pay.

My insurers had a £50 excess if I used their approved supplier or £150 if I used my own, as their supplier couldn't supply and fit a new rear screen they waived the extra excess, and I had a local trimmer fit a new screen with better quality plastic, and a lovely job he did of it too!

Worth considering

Tim

PS: Oh, it was about £250 from memory to supply and restitch the screen, which I think is very reasonable considering the price garages charge per hour these days.

Edited by TT Tim on Tuesday 23 September 15:59

That's interesting.

I'll check that route out. Do windscreens affect no claims bonuses ?

Thanks

[sumoone]

windscreen claims (2 in the last 12 months )did not affect my policies...

check with your broker or insurer

(if you are with the tvrcc insurer allianz they will not affect your ncb)


mark

[lazyitus]

sumoone said:

windscreen claims (2 in the last 12 months )did not affect my policies...

check with your broker or insurer

(if you are with the tvrcc insurer allianz they will not affect your ncb)


mark

Nice - Cheers mate.

[bartesque]

has anybody had any joy replacing a rear screen through insurance though?

I can see how it might work in principle but has anybody actually made a succesful claim

The rear screen on my tam has a small split

[AntonyJ]

Hmmm, claim on insurance, pay the extra excess to go to a non approved installer and get a whole new hood from David H?

[broadside]

Have a chat with D&C Trim. They are ex TVR Trim Guys. I think they are moving into the old TVR Factory to be with Surface and Design. I met them at the BNG and are very helpful and enthusiastic chaps. Email [e-mail].

Hope this helps.

[Nigel Worc's]

I have a customer near Cardiff, I think they were called BAS or something like that.

They make all sorts of car hoods, even BMW stuff, I've also seen them retrimming e-type jags etc.

I'll try and dig out the details for you, to see if they can help

[HRG]

Prob is Lazy if the stitching has gone on the rear screen chances are all of it's about to go Happened to mine and as soon as you pulled anywhere it started to tear like rice paper. The David H ones are good, fitted mine last winter.

There's an article on how to do it on TGP.

[Nigel Worc's]

This is their website : http://www.car-hood.co.uk/

[lazyitus]

HRG said:

Prob is Lazy if the stitching has gone on the rear screen chances are all of it's about to go

Yeah, the stitching seems weak. Weak enough that hardly any pressure on the window resulted in it going through and the stitching coming away.

Why is it that there's always something to fork out for ? It's as if the car waits for you to have no more money left and then launches an attack on you with some totally unforeseen issue.

Edited by lazyitus on Wednesday 24th September 08:44

[HRG]

lazyitus said:

HRG said:

Prob is Lazy if the stitching has gone on the rear screen chances are all of it's about to go

Yeah, the stitching seems weak. Weak enough that hardly any pressure on the window resulted in it going through and the stitching coming away.

Why is it that there's always something to fork out for ? It's as if the car waits for you to have no more money left and then launches an attack on you with some totally unforeseen issue.

Edited by lazyitus on Wednesday 24th September 08:44

My gf put her hand through mine in a strop... Fortunately I'd had it happen to me too on the other side, otherwise she'd have been my ex gf

[TT Tim]

bartesque said:

has anybody had any joy replacing a rear screen through insurance though?

I can see how it might work in principle but has anybody actually made a succesful claim

The rear screen on my tam has a small split

Yep, no problem at all.

It's a WINDSCREEN and comes under that part of the policy, as do side windows.

Done it several times.

Tim