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OT - New Windscreens for old cars ?
mcerd1 - 12/12/12 at 01:04 PM

were can you get new windscreens from ?

one of my mates has smashed the windscreen of his BMW E21, its just held in with a rubber seel so its going to be DIY job to keep the costs down

cheers
-Robert

ken555 - 12/12/12 at 11:27 PM

Try here

[Edited on 12-12-12 by ken555]

PSpirine - 12/12/12 at 11:56 PM

An e21 isn't rare or old enough to warrant custom glass from Pilkington I don't think.

I'm pretty sure I've heard of people just ringing up Autoglass (or AA or similar) and asking them to buy the glass for 1970s-80's cars.

will121 - 13/12/12 at 07:03 AM

As above would have thought New ones still in supply, or alternative one from a breaker, just make sure its perfect as any chips and cracks will significantly increase chance of breaking it when fitting

mcerd1 - 13/12/12 at 08:18 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ken555
Try here

cheers that confirms we can still get one at least - I suppose we'll just need to see if they'll sell one direct to us and cut out the middle man

btw we would have been happy with a good one from the scrapyard, but there just arn't any E21's in the scrapyards up here
(we are talking about a car they stopped making in 1983 ! )


[Edited on 13/12/2012 by mcerd1]