wind screen replacement

[oly]

how easy is this job or is it a job for a pro?

any idea where i can get a screen for reasonable money?

car is a 87 325, cheers

[Dan318-is]

mine went the other day mate

professional job im afriad

RAC charged me 140 the lot

autoglass wonted 220!!

if ur fully comp u shud b covered

[oly]

thats what i was worried bout,

car is off the road for refurb so no insurance just now

cheers

[jonb]

hi oly

i have a screen for you. Ԛ£40. i can fit it if your local to bristol

thanks

[artis2]

how easy is this job or is it a job for a pro?

any idea where i can get a screen for reasonable money?

car is a 87 325, cheers

it an easy job fella

[Brianmoooore]

mine went the other day mate

professional job im afriad

RAC charged me 140 the lot

autoglass wonted 220!!

if ur fully comp u shud b covered

Rubbish, easy enough job, unless it's an M3. Needs three people though.
Pull out the locking strip, go all around the screen and loosen the rubber up a bit, then sit on the front seat with your feet up against the screen and ease it out. This is where the other two people come in. To catch it as it comes out.
Refitting can be done with a loop of string running around the seal in where the body fits. The idea is, as you pull the string out, it pulls the rubber lip with it and into place.
Or you can refit the glass into the rubber using flat blade screwdrivers and lubricant.
There's a special tool which makes very quick work of refitting the locking strip, but it can be done with the screwdrivers and lubricant.
Get your fresh screen from a scrappy - good practice for removing it.

[Brianmoooore]

Or take up jonb's offer.

[Dan318-is]

i stand corrected

[jonb]

yes guys. a fairly straight forward job but very fidely.

not worth doing if your inexperienced, i remember back in the old days(2001) i had to change a winscreen on one of my e30"s, i cracked 2 of them in succesion.

[oly]

thanks for the help guys.

jon b thanks for your offer, but im in north wales and the car isn't fit to drive just now, but i would be willing to buy if you would post to me.

[Dan318-is]

and thats why i dont wont 2 attempt it

[artis2]

if your gonna take one out at a scrappy take a stanly knife , pull the plastic strip off and just cut the windscreen rubber , it reduses the risk of craking it takeing it out