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J1MBO, just say you have high standards, and have been disappointed with pattern screens on previous cars and they had to be replaced with peoper ones, cite distortion around the edges, and a tint which doesn't match the side windows. Ask for a proper one, they can only say no. Also ask for new weatherstrip, as unless you do they will reuse it if undamaged and once the new window is in they can'r replace it without removing the screen (thus breaking it).
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I had my Mondeo heated front screen replaced by them.
The screen is identical in quality to the original Ford one, and I believe it's actually a Pikington screen.
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Hi, will speak to insurance as RAC said it would only be an RAC screen and the insurance would have to cover extra cost. The car is a few months old so I would like an OEM screen. Only problem is how long it takes for them to be ordered if they say yes. Will let you all know.
Cheers for all the replies.
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They said yes but I need to makeup the differance. Any ideas what the extra might be? I've no idea how much a screen costs. Will be told tommorow the exact amount.
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surely you can insist that your screen is as good as o.e. and by the fact you can upgrade at your cost then the one you have been offered "is" second rate?
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Be prepared for a shock.
Do you have to go to RAC? Try Autoglass and just ask for an OEM screen. Or, if the car is not very old, go to your dealer.
I don't see how your insurance can refuse you an OEM screen - it is, after all, the only way you can really guarantee the car is maintained to the same standards and specification as it came out the factory. unless someone else knows different!
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Its simple, RAC make their own screens and fit them. It means its cheaper for the insurance co and for RAC.
I will prolly phone the dealer and find a price but insurance would only pay a max of £50 if I arrange it myself. I do feel that the screen should the same as the original factory fit.
However, if the dealer did do the work, is it possible that they would get a screen from RAC or even get them to do the work!!?
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I suppose it is a question of the excess, go elsewhere and you lose the concessions on the full excess.
I would still insist on a like-for-like replacement.
My Omega's GM Splintex screen was replaced with a pattern (Saint Gobain) part by Autoglass.
I was not very pleased with it, so searched the internet with the part number, I found a trade catalogue of them on a Finnish website, after doing the currency conversion, it was £58, just £8 more than my excess!
After I complained just the once, they organised to replace it with a GM one. It took 3 weeks to arrive (so they said).
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RAC replaced the screen on my daughters 54 reg Seat Ibiza when it was just a few weeks old. I was concerned to get the same quality of screen and about the warranty implications (especially as bonded screens form part of the structure of the car).
The fitter told me there was only one source for the replacement screens, and it would come from the same factory as the Seat screen, albeit marked with the makers name, rather than Seat.
In the event the screen is made by Guardian, which surprised the fitter, who said they are not the OEM for Seat. However the colour match (a darkish green) and the optical quality (I read somewhere to look across the screen from the side and look for aberrations) both look perfect (and I?m *very* fussy).
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Non matching glass has been around for years.
Quite a few years ago I had a HRW replaced in my Ford.
It fitted OK but was a different profile because the third rear brake light I had fitted no longer matched the contour of the glass so I had to re-install the light.
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