Windscreen glass purchase

arthuy

Well-Known Member
Has anyone bought a NEW windscreen recently?

I need to buy a couple, it has been a long time since I got one via a contact I had at the time.

Pilkington list them but has anyone bought direct from them or any of the manufacturers?
 
I bought direct from Pilkington. They had a stand at the NEC. IIRC I had to wait a couple of months for delivery. I eventually fitted it last year after letting it 'season' for a year.
 
I will try getting hold of them.

The direct cost if my last screen was significantly less than resellers.
 
Did you have them make you up a heated front screen? If yes, do the wires go inside the laminate, or are they on the inner side?

Yes, they made it for me using the original designs. The wires are inside the laminate.
 
No , those have wires in the portion of screen that is heated, and the bus bars carrying the current are between the two layers of glass as well , not printed. , Most heated rear screens are printed on the inside but early ones were the same as front with wires embedded between the laminates. I seem to remember some P5 heated rears had embedded wires but I may be wrong with that.
 
I got a prices back from Pilkington.

Just for interest see below.

Please note that the price does not include VAT

The glass will be made to order and the current lead time is 10 – 12 weeks. Delivery is £40 to a mainland UK address. The glass will arrive wrapped with foam edge protection and a Triplex sticker

Eurocode
SAP Description
Price £
7007ABZ - Bronze
7007ABZ ROVER P6,2000-3500 V8 WS BZ
£ 352.01
7007ACL - Clear
7007ACL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 77;
£ 339.03
7007ACLBL - Clear with a blue top tint
7007ACLBL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 350.10
7007ACLH - Clear and heated
7007ACLH ROVER P6,2000-3500 V8 WS CL
£ 730.37
7007AGN - Green
7007AGN ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 77;
£ 349.26
7007AGNBL - Green with a blue top tint
7007AGNBL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 346.62
7007AGNGN - Green with a green top tint
7007AGNGN ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 350.98
 
They did the Triplex sticker for me.. after I requested it. They've since added it as an option.

It won't have the dating dots, as they won't do them.

Mine is the clear heated version, and looks really good.
 
Nice to see that Pilkington have finally offered the heated screen, tried to get them to make one for our Rally car around 30 years ago now!
We had an original one that cracked during cleaning and wanted to them to make us a new one, but back then they wanted a minimum order batch of about 10 or 12 screens.
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My memory says that the P5 heated rear screen with wires embedded (and mostly invisible to casual inspection) was the very first heated rear screen ever.
 
I got a prices back from Pilkington.

Just for interest see below.

Please note that the price does not include VAT

The glass will be made to order and the current lead time is 10 – 12 weeks. Delivery is £40 to a mainland UK address. The glass will arrive wrapped with foam edge protection and a Triplex sticker

Eurocode
SAP Description
Price £
7007ABZ - Bronze
7007ABZ ROVER P6,2000-3500 V8 WS BZ
£ 352.01
7007ACL - Clear
7007ACL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 77;
£ 339.03
7007ACLBL - Clear with a blue top tint
7007ACLBL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 350.10
7007ACLH - Clear and heated
7007ACLH ROVER P6,2000-3500 V8 WS CL
£ 730.37
7007AGN - Green
7007AGN ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 77;
£ 349.26
7007AGNBL - Green with a blue top tint
7007AGNBL ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 346.62
7007AGNGN - Green with a green top tint
7007AGNGN ROVER P6 2000 3500 V8 SAL 63 7
£ 350.98
I seem to recall the show price I paid included VAT and was somewhere in line with the figures above.
 
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