windscreen woes

[CWD]

Last week while driving across the forth road bridge, i got hit by a low flying object:rolleyes:. It chipped and cracked my windscreen beyound repair as its in the area directly in my line of sight:(. AutoGlass cannot source the replacement in the Uk other than from Toyota, and guess what Toyota have back ordered the part, :blink:probably because the chassis number is an imported 1998 vvti, toyota wont give them any sort of ETA. :taped:does anyone know of an alternative source of a puck brand new windscreen in the UK:search:

[ivan]

I had my own '98 VVTi windscreen go a year or more ago and the same problem. Part took about 4 weeks from Japan.

[CWD]

Just looked up the parts and can see why there is an issue. The standard UK screen has a blue tint, mines has a green tint option which was not available in the uk, and the green tint is 3x more expensive:( no wonder im over the windscreen limit on my insurance policy.

 

looks like i will just have to wait it out

[Dnk]

Cant remember who but i read on here a club member could get new screens for very sencible money

 

The guys name is Pig on here i think, search windscreens and its the 3rd thread down

Edited May 28, 2009 by Dnk (see edit history)

[CWD]

unfortunately autoglass will only deal with OEM or OEM quality, and only buy from certain companies, i did think about the heated ones but dont know if they would go down that route.