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wheresmonkey
05-09-2012, 01:44 PM
Yesterday Id finished work and got in my car to see the rear windscreen had been smashed... Ive checked CCTV and nothing. very odd!

Anyway Ive logged it with the police and got a crime reference number etc and also with my insurance company who have said as yet they havnt been able to source a replacement.

If they cant get one would they write the car off?

jenksman
05-09-2012, 03:25 PM
Hi Christian
You need to be very careful here
I believe rear windscreens are no longer available and this might give your insurers a reason to write off the car
Maybe there are others on the forum who know of a source of rear windscreens?
I would suggest you check out local scrapyards to see if you can get one. You may have to get a specialist to remove it, at your risk.
I know your car has an LPG conversion which is a costly add-on. Is your insurance based on "agreed value". If not the insurers might offer you a derisory amount for the car
You might be able to get a settlement from them and then buy the car back from them and repair yourself, providing of course you can get a windscreen.it might even be better to forget about making a claim
Drawing from the experience of others you need to move fast. Where is the car, do you still have it or have the insurers taken it away? I would suggest you keep track of it before it disappears
Best of luck
Dave

Dominic22
05-09-2012, 04:04 PM
On the Gentlemen's Site Seancar will get you one http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=123838 I know that he sells all his rear glass to a windscreen replacement company.

Cannot believe it will be written off over a back screen but stranger things have happened.

wheresmonkey
05-09-2012, 04:27 PM
Hi Christian
You need to be very careful here
I believe rear windscreens are no longer available and this might give your insurers a reason to write off the car
Maybe there are others on the forum who know of a source of rear windscreens?
I would suggest you check out local scrapyards to see if you can get one. You may have to get a specialist to remove it, at your risk.
I know your car has an LPG conversion which is a costly add-on. Is your insurance based on "agreed value". If not the insurers might offer you a derisory amount for the car
You might be able to get a settlement from them and then buy the car back from them and repair yourself, providing of course you can get a windscreen.it might even be better to forget about making a claim
Drawing from the experience of others you need to move fast. Where is the car, do you still have it or have the insurers taken it away? I would suggest you keep track of it before it disappears
Best of luck
Dave

Thanks Dave it is still with me I've parked it up at work out of the way under cover. Ill wait to see what they say, they are still looking for a replacement as I say. Ill ring around a few scrap yards and check Dominic's link.

Cheers

jenksman
05-09-2012, 06:40 PM
Thanks Dave it is still with me I've parked it up at work out of the way under cover. Ill wait to see what they say, they are still looking for a replacement as I say. Ill ring around a few scrap yards and check Dominic's link.

Cheers
Hi Christian
The way my local scrap yard works is as follows
Assuming they have a doner car
They put you in touch with a glass fitter
He removes the windscreen and installs it in your car. Price to be agreed
Asking price for windscreen by scrapyard £100 + VAT
I'm not sure what happens if fitter breaks the glass when taking it out but the scrapyard says this is rare
My local scrapyard in Swansea is too far away for you but I would notbe surprised if other scrapyards have the same system
Dave

slydog
05-09-2012, 07:22 PM
search rover 75 breaking on e bay and theres loads . just means getting a fitter to remove it and fit

MrDoodles
06-09-2012, 05:53 PM
Still available brand new from Xpart! :)

Herman
06-09-2012, 06:54 PM
Still available brand new from Xpart! :)

Yep, plus two other non-UK dealers.

http://www.mgroverpartfinder.co.uk/Distributor-CQB000260---GLASS-GREEN+BACKLIGHT.aspx?back=%2fShowProducts.aspx%3fP ageIndex%3d%26part%3dCQB000260%26browse%3d

colintf
06-09-2012, 07:29 PM
Panic over then

stevenw
06-09-2012, 08:56 PM
That's good then.And I don't know if you're on a classic car policy with Peter Best like a lot of us but they used to have no excess on the windows and I believe they probably still do.

Some years ago I had a rear screen shatter on my SD1 for no apparent reason while I was driving along.

wheresmonkey
06-09-2012, 10:13 PM
Im with Lancaster Insurance and they have said £50 excess. Thanks for the suggestions btw.

Am I right in saying the radio and TV aerial (although redundant) are all part of the rear windscreen. Do they need to fit the exact same one. Obviously a standard 75 window would fit but do the insurers need the original part?

CQB000240 is without tv aerial and CQB000260 is with, which is the part suggested above anyway so yeah.

wheresmonkey
10-10-2012, 01:51 AM
Friday the 5/10 i finally got the window replaced. My insurer brought out two replacements originally, the first looked like it had been rubbed down with a wire brush with half of the filament missing and the second was missing a connector. There are three connections on the off side - and the top one was missing. They took it away thinking it was the GPS connecter that was missing. My insurer basically told me they couldn't source a replacement after the two attempts and told me to find one.... lol. Anyway Autoglass had a brand new one in stock. They said it had all of the connectors including GPS and TV. When they brought it it was missing the exact same connector on the offside. I asked them to fit it anyway as I was getting sick of driving around with tape as a back window and the window was immaculate.

Ive found the radio and satnav work fine. So I assume the missing connecter is the TV?

Either way im just glad the car is almost complete again :)

kaiser
24-11-2012, 05:28 PM
I don't understand the flat spin you guys get yourself into at times.:~
If you are afraid that he insurance company will scrap it, repair and pay out of your own pocket.
As for rear screens, they are most likely the easiest screen to get and usually they have no damage.

If these things worry you, wait a few years, and you will have heart palpitations 24/7.:ash

The V8 will be fairly easy to keep on the road, provided you have a bit of technical knowledge or know of someone who has.
I should know, I drove Rovers for 25 years here while there was no representation!
Don't worry!

Tim
24-11-2012, 06:41 PM
The up date reports from Dom on the R75 project car confirms what these insurance pirates do when a car goes to a 'holding pen'. Things go missing, the body work gets damaged and the scrotes have total lack of respect for a special car. The trick is to make sure the car is sent back to your own property or some where you can control.


I don't understand the flat spin you guys get yourself into at times.:~
If you are afraid that he insurance company will scrap it, repair and pay out of your own pocket.
As for rear screens, they are most likely the easiest screen to get and usually they have no damage.

If these things worry you, wait a few years, and you will have heart palpitations 24/7.:ash

The V8 will be fairly easy to keep on the road, provided you have a bit of technical knowledge or know of someone who has.
I should know, I drove Rovers for 25 years here while there was no representation!
Don't worry!