Windscreen availability?
Windscreen availability?
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The AJP Griff

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4,360 posts

284 months

Sunday 4th March 2007
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Does anyone know if these are still obtainable?I need to find one(genuine type)and was thinking it might be tough to find one now?

bebee

4,724 posts

254 months

Sunday 4th March 2007
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I had one fitted to my 1st Griff about three years ago, by the RAC. They had no probs finding one , I think it was a Capri screen, and it was new, the job cost about £690 all in, my insurance covered the costs.

FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

276 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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The AJP Griff said:
Does anyone know if these are still obtainable?I need to find one(genuine type)and was thinking it might be tough to find one now?



Mike,
try Power - saw 2 griff screens in there a few weeks back.
FFG

that daddy

19,449 posts

250 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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Sad to say this i had a site in my favorites i can no longer find, Tvr screens c him/griff/cerb and others,about £95 from memory,i have tried to find the link to no avail,sorry im not much use,unless someone on here remembers the company.

FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

276 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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There was a company that came to BBWF a couple of years back - maybe worth a post in there.
FFG

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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bebee said:
I had one fitted to my 1st Griff about three years ago, by the RAC. They had no probs finding one , I think it was a Capri screen, and it was new, the job cost about £690 all in, my insurance covered the costs.

That sikaflex is brilliant stuff!

johno

8,593 posts

311 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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All the original screens were sold off to some w/s comp and the price has tripled ..... Can,t remember who, sorry. But went through this last year .....

The AJP Griff

Original Poster:

4,360 posts

284 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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Cheers all,thanks for the help.I will do some ringing round over the next couple of daysphone

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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IIRC there was a thread on here somewhere recently that said there were a load in a container ~ being delivered from Finland stuck in Limbo due to the factory probs.... I guess they would be destined for Dom?

Dave

530dTPhil

1,419 posts

247 months

Monday 5th March 2007
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We have about 30 Griffith/Chimaera screens in stock and have also had the side/top trim remanufactured in a slightly softer compound so that it doesn't pucker on the corners.
The screens are not OE manufacture but they do fit perfectly; we have done several for PHers who have been very pleased with the fit and finish. We can do billing to your insurer for most companies subject to excess and any limits that might apply.
We attended BBWF last year and completed six Wedge screen replacements on the day and many more in the following months.

Roberto Rica

306 posts

236 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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Hi Phil

How much for a set of side and top rubber trims? I had my screen replaced last year and I've never been happy with the trim.

Rob

GJR

827 posts

309 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

276 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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spend said:
IIRC there was a thread on here somewhere recently that said there were a load in a container ~ being delivered from Finland stuck in Limbo due to the factory probs.... I guess they would be destined for Dom?

Dave


We had a pattern from Finland and it was TOO BIG. Had to be replaced by a geniune TVR etched screen from TMS. Not sure who the supplier is or what they may have been from (if anything).
FFG

that daddy

19,449 posts

250 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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GJR said:

GJR,thats the company i had lost details of,and had mentioned earlier,well done.

spend

12,581 posts

280 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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FlipFlopGriff said:
spend said:
..loads of stuff..

We had a pattern from Finland and it was TOO BIG. Had to be replaced by a geniune TVR etched screen from TMS. Not sure who the supplier is or what they may have been from (if anything).
FFG


I think the thread I saw was one of the doom&gloom factory epics, but somewhere within it was a ref to genuine TVR screens on the way to the factory... some of those threads can be a tad fictional tho IYKWIM...

Dave

FlipFlopGriff

7,144 posts

276 months

Tuesday 6th March 2007
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We asked for a geniune screen and the company said they had done loads of Tiv's and as they were close to where Team Central used to be we thought they must have. Anyway returned later that day and we drove home as it was closing and assumed all was OK. Got home and the roof wouldn't fit, the rubber was all over the place, they had damaged the leather and the paintwork. In the end they replaced the screen with a genuine TVR screen, got someone who knew what they were doing to fit it and paid the £2.5k to put the paint and leather back to how it should be.
And that was a well known national company, probably the first one that springs to mind. Wouldn't go there again whether the insurer insisted on it or not.
FFG

Phil C

433 posts

304 months

Wednesday 7th March 2007
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I used www.heatedwindscreens.com (Ricky Evans Motorsport or similar in Tamworth) for my S3 and they were great - ~£100 or so delivered. Not sure about Griffith screens of course but if they list it - should be OK - and you can get someone to fit it it's a very cost effective solution

pupp

12,962 posts

301 months

Wednesday 7th March 2007
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Phil C said:
I used www.heatedwindscreens.com (Ricky Evans Motorsport or similar in Tamworth) for my S3 and they were great - ~£100 or so delivered. Not sure about Griffith screens of course but if they list it - should be OK - and you can get someone to fit it it's a very cost effective solution


Was it actually the heated type? Had one in Ford I used to have and thought it was a great feature... how did you feed it?

mrmaggit

10,146 posts

277 months

Thursday 8th March 2007
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530dTPhil said:
We have about 30 Griffith/Chimaera screens in stock and have also had the side/top trim remanufactured in a slightly softer compound so that it doesn't pucker on the corners.
The screens are not OE manufacture but they do fit perfectly; we have done several for PHers who have been very pleased with the fit and finish. We can do billing to your insurer for most companies subject to excess and any limits that might apply.
We attended BBWF last year and completed six Wedge screen replacements on the day and many more in the following months.


Having watched these lads at work at the BBWF, I would recommend them wholeheartedly. I'm sure the Wedge lads would too.

ralph s3

354 posts

282 months

Thursday 8th March 2007
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I used 530dTPhil's outfit to change my S3 windscreen. They did a great job and really looked after the car. I too would recommend their services.

Ralph