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Windscreens

#1 Post by SprintMWU773V »

Had a nice chat with the Pilkington people at the NEC this weekend. Ordered a new tinted front screen for £260 delivered. Contrast this with the price when buying through a middleman.

In 6 weeks or so I'll let you know whether the rest of the process has gone smoothly.
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#2 Post by DoloWIGHTY »

My windcreen came from Pilkington, it too was made to order, I did it through insurance (just paid the excess).

They only manufacture tinted ones, it is a very slight tint, barely noticeable - nothing like the Sundym ones.
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#3 Post by SprintMWU773V »

My old screen wasn't tinted at all so anything will be better than that one!
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I also have a pilkington front screen again fitted through the insurance, much to my dismay on a very original sprint .
Some f#¥ker dropped something off a bridge , give the old screen it's due it held out and so did my heart :shock:
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#5 Post by geeksteve »

rich wrote:I also have a pilkington front screen again fitted through the insurance, much to my dismay on a very original sprint .
Some f#¥ker dropped something off a bridge , give the old screen it's due it held out and so did my heart :shock:
Think I'd have to claim some new pants on insurance too.

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#6 Post by djw113uk »

Can they supply heated screens for the dolomite. The register had some made up for the 2000's. Price was about the same as you mention above.
In this weather a heated front screen would be nice.
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djw113uk wrote:Can they supply heated screens for the dolomite. The register had some made up for the 2000's. Price was about the same as you mention above.
In this weather a heated front screen would be nice.
I'd buy a couple. When I get chance next year, I'm fitting a heated screen to the old landy too:

http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalo ... reens.html

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#8 Post by SprintMWU773V »

If you're using in all seasons then heated is the dogs, my old Focus had one and do kinda miss it
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