Hi,
Quick question. I have a 89 touring currently fitted with the standard clear glass. My windscreen has broken and I am offered 3 options, clear, green or green with green top tint, what would you recommend and would a green screen make the other windows look odd?
Thank you
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Brianmoooore
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Unless the original purchaser specially specified otherwise, your current windscreen will be tinted green.
BMW offered glass in brown tint, green tint and clear. The default option on pre facelift cars was brown, and green on post facelift.
BMW offered glass in brown tint, green tint and clear. The default option on pre facelift cars was brown, and green on post facelift.
i collected my blue top tint from an ebay advert in leeds , he has green and blue top tint for about £100 , he could fit it for you
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
let me know where pleasemagpie wrote:i collected my blue top tint from an ebay advert in leeds , he has green and blue top tint for about £100 , he could fit it for you
Mart.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
Just got too old.
martauto wrote:let me know where pleasemagpie wrote:i collected my blue top tint from an ebay advert in leeds , he has green and blue top tint for about £100 , he could fit it for you
Mart.
They are on ebay, he has one of each but refuses to deliver.
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
No E30 glass was ever clear.reggid wrote:i just order green with green band, original was clear.
bronze is NLA from BMW im told
The only glass that was available from BMW was bronze tint up to sept 87 build date unless Air con or thermo insulated glass was optioned then it would have been green tint.
All cars from sept 87 build date were green tint.
A windscreen with a 'graduated' tint was only available on green tint glass and it was a green top tint.
Anything else is aftermarket.bss325i wrote:No E30 glass was ever clear.reggid wrote:i just order green with green band, original was clear.
bronze is NLA from BMW im told
The only glass that was available from BMW was bronze tint up to sept 87 build date unless Air con or thermo insulated glass was optioned then it would have been green tint.
All cars from sept 87 build date were green tint.
A windscreen with a 'graduated' tint was only available on green tint glass and it was a green top tint.
I once had a bronze tint screen with a blue top tint!
... fancy that, interesting notes, id say, i did know nla,, however i do have a few available. just ask
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Brianmoooore
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Never seen any that I know of, but it's listed in the ETK. Part # 51 31 1 876 150 for the front screen.bss325i wrote: No E30 glass was ever clear.
i have a clear glass window somewhere amongst the unsaleable pile of scrap i have accumulated , it must be aftermarket .... you da boss bro [ bss ]
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
Just check the markings. No BMW etched into it then not genuine.
for the price of it and my car not original either i'm more than happy with it .bss325i wrote:Just check the markings. No BMW etched into it then not genuine.
m52 b30 stroker 6-speed 318is Galvanizer
m42 touring
+ a yard full of scrap turds
Indeed.magpie wrote:for the price of it and my car not original either i'm more than happy with it .bss325i wrote:Just check the markings. No BMW etched into it then not genuine.
I have a non BMW top tint green screen in my sport.
i got a screen from Magpie's ebay supplier in north Leeds,a green-tint with blue shadeband.
the maker is Fuyao, a Chinese firm that apparently was a bit iffy quality-wise in the past,but are fine now,supplying OEM glass to VAG.
the maker is Fuyao, a Chinese firm that apparently was a bit iffy quality-wise in the past,but are fine now,supplying OEM glass to VAG.
So that makes it OK then does it???DanThe wrote:Yeah but its only Chinamen, they are disposable
What an attitude towards our fellow humans I ask you !!!
Mart.
ps, Put me down for one as well please mate. lol.
Only the E46 cab left now.
Just got too old.
Just got too old.