Windshield woe !

[Chevrolet]

The fact that it's on a classic , limited mileage policy didn't give me the option to protect the NCB,

Last classic car policy I had (7 years ago) on my C4, with Footman James for years and years, didnt have any NCB conditions/element. I.e Didnt ask for/recognise a NCB entitlement from another vehicle when I took it out, or give me one when I finished it. Has that changed on classic car policies? Or just on some of them?

And yes, you are right, the windscreen companies and Halfords won't repair a crack, only chips.

 

[Chuffer]

Autoglass replaced a cracked screen on my 1980 C3 just a few years ago and did a fabulous . I was a bit sceptical about a main stream repairer doing the job on a classic car but I couldn`t fault them . I claimed on my classic insurance with Classic Line and it didn`t affect my premium on renewal .

 

[teamzr1]

True story

I was with State Farm Ins here in states for THIRTY years, I had paid them
Never filed a claim, no crashes, no traffic tickets, and owned Corvettes all those years

So time to renew for year 31 and was TOLD they would NOT renew the policy because
Their computer modeling software computed the ODDs percentage I would have a crash for that year was high !
I told them to F off !

30 years later still never had the above happen, so end results I have driven for 60 years and never filed 1 claim
and paid a fortune for Corvette insurance and got nothing in return

 

[Chuffer]

True story

I was with State Farm Ins here in states for THIRTY years, I had paid them
Never filed a claim, no crashes, no traffic tickets, and owned Corvettes all those years

So time to renew for year 31 and was TOLD they would NOT renew the policy because
Their computer modeling software computed the ODDs percentage I would have a crash for that year was high !
I told them to F off !

30 years later still never had the above happen, so end results I have driven for 60 years and never filed 1 claim
and paid a fortune for Corvette insurance and got nothing in return

Life`s a bitch and then you die !

 

[CaptainK]

but a crack isn't repairable, so that's that , then .

That's not quite 100% true about not repairing a crack. It depends on the crack, size, position etc etc. I had a guy come out to repair the crack on my other car's windscreen many moons back. Before he came out I sent him photos and described the crack etc and he said it sounded repairable. Came out started on it, but it wasn't working - because the crack was also on the inside of laminated front windscreen too.

From what I remember, if the crack is just on the outside of the laminated screen, they can repair is as they force the "magic solution" into the crack at one end and then under pressure it capillaries up the crack to fix it. He said the same technique can technically be used to do the inside of the screen too, BUT the inside of my car was too angled and with it then also being upside down (forcing the "magic juice" up and into the crack whilst upside down in the car), then it wouldn't work. Thus then I got someone else to replace the screen.

 

[Chevrolet]

That's not quite 100% true about not repairing a crack. It depends on the crack, size, position etc etc. I had a guy come out to repair the crack on my other car's windscreen many moons back.

I've always worked on the basis that the "big names" (like Autoglass) will not repair a cracked screen? Never needed to find out (touch wood). This Rolson repair kit can allegedly be used for cracked windscreens. Halfords sell it:

Windscreen Repair Kit 42440 - Fix cracked windscreens quickly and easily - Rolson Tools

Damage on your windscreen? Use the Rolson Windscreen Repair Kit 42440 to fix it quickly. It's easy and produces great results for low cost.

www.rolsontools.com