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    Default Smashed rear windscreen covered by insurance

    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?
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    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

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    On the Gentlemen's Site Seancar will get you one http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/foru...d.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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jenksman View Post
    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

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    Quote Originally Posted by wheresmonkey View Post
    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

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    search rover 75 breaking on e bay and theres loads . just means getting a fitter to remove it and fit

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