scratched windscreen!

[Saint Steve]

put a hammer through it and claim a new one on the windscreen excess.

His cars worth more then £50 though sharpie or is your own insurance excess worth more then your own car??  tough choice

[SteveS]

so miffed.

[AlanD]

nah, should be like for like i.e. as original.

Not always the case Im affraid. I totally hijacked this thread but here are the problems I had when I got my screen replaced - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90855.0

[sharpie]

put a hammer through it and claim a new one on the windscreen excess.

His cars worth more then £50 though sharpie or is your own insurance excess worth more then your own car??  tough choice

fully original replacement glass for £50? sounds good to me tbh. better than fannying about trying to polish it out.

or deal with the scratch.

[CDJ55]

so miffed.

Thats bad luck SteveS but is well documented with the MkV windscreen.Deicer spray and rubber scraper only.I always use a dustpan with rubber edge to clear snow from my windows.I always use the defrost function which is very good on the MkV.Always best to give yourself an extra 10-15mins in wintery conditions to sort windows etc..

[Dec]

put a hammer through it and claim a new one on the windscreen excess.

His cars worth more then £50 though sharpie or is your own insurance excess worth more then your own car??  tough choice

My Insurance excess is :embarassed:

So is it best to get the car running and put the heaters on for 5 mins while drinking a coffee?

[sharpie]

put a hammer through it and claim a new one on the windscreen excess.

His cars worth more then £50 though sharpie or is your own insurance excess worth more then your own car??  tough choice

My Insurance excess is :embarassed:

So is it best to get the car running and put the heaters on for 5 mins while drinking a coffee?

your windscreen excess is usually around 40-60 though, it's different from your usual excess and doesn't affect your ncb.

[dan_apps]

nah, should be like for like i.e. as original.

Not always the case Im affraid. I totally hijacked this thread but here are the problems I had when I got my screen replaced - http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=90855.0

shocker!... i think it was autoglass i used when what can only be described as a flinstone style boulder hit me windscreen and it is as or if not OEM they replaced with, must be down the insurance company i suppose.

[AlanD]

Yeah, It depends on the company. The new screen I have had fitted is IDENTICAL to the VW one I had before. Only diffrence I can see is that I no longer have a little VW logo in the corner of my glass. Other than that there is no diffrence. You will be able to tell if they replaced it with an OEM by looking for the VW logo, did they use OEM?

[dan_apps]

Yeah, It depends on the company. The new screen I have had fitted is IDENTICAL to the VW one I had before. Only diffrence I can see is that I no longer have a little VW logo in the corner of my glass. Other than that there is no diffrence. You will be able to tell if they replaced it with an OEM by looking for the VW logo, did they use OEM?

hasnt got the stamp either but, it is identical and he actually told me it was the same glass, not sure why it doesnt have the stamp, could be only if brought through VW themselves?! not sure?