boxster, plastic window

Guest · Mar 7, 2004

help, does anyone if its possible to get the plastic rear window repaired if it splits as mine just has. i lowered the roof today when the temp was about 12 degrees as i have done in the past and now have a 4 inch split to show for it.

Mark_Bennett · Mar 7, 2004

It can be repaired. A search on the forum should throw up a few threads on the subject.

OPC's however will usually want to replace the whole roof[

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12 Degrees? Where were you - we had hail and snow here!

Helen Goff · Mar 7, 2004

oooh i feel for you[

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i don't think they can be repaired but i understand they can be replaced but it's a specialist job so i would expect it's expensive.

JCB.. · Mar 8, 2004

Wesley

This chap works out of Bristol

Martin Wright. His number is 07778 370015

£250..

JCB..

Helen Goff · Mar 8, 2004

well done Digger, thats not as bad a price as i would have thought.i shall have to make a note of his number.

is that for removing split screen and stitching in a new one??

Elliot Davies · Mar 8, 2004

Wesley whats your location ?

thboxster · Mar 8, 2004

Don't remember if anyone has asked this before, but related to a split rear screen and OPCs keeness to replace the entire hood; does anyone know if it is possible to replace a pre-03 hood with a 03+ hood?

i.e. replace a plastic screen with a cosy, heated, non-spliting glass one.

Elliot Davies · Mar 8, 2004

ORIGINAL: thboxster

i.e. replace a plastic screen with a cosy, heated, non-spliting glass one.

Apparently not as the whole mechanism will have to be replaced to as the 03> has 4 hoops inside as compared to <03 having 3
eg. Bumps in the roof [

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thboxster · Mar 8, 2004

Shame. That would be a useful 'face-lift' option, not to mention a useful fix if your plastic goes.

How we yearn for the warm summer months.

Mark_Bennett · Mar 8, 2004

This search finds a lot of threads - and some more people that can fit a new window

Click Here

john holmes · Mar 8, 2004

After receiving delivery of my new boxster with plastic window - I visited Porsche factory Stuttgart just after the new window was introduced they offered to replace it for the sum of £3000! thank you very much.

To keep the plastic clean and supple Zymol is the best I have found unless anyone has tried anything better.

John

Guest · Mar 8, 2004

The Zymol "gunge" certainly does the job, as for the plastic rear screen..... just what were they thinking of ?????????????

Boxster....... crisp engine, perfect handling, corners like a train, gearbox like a swiss watch, brakes that loosen teeth, plastic rear screen is a pile of cr@p.

Helen Goff · Mar 8, 2004

plastic rear screen is a pile of cr@p.

sure is, i would guess thats why they up-graded it.

JCB.. · Mar 9, 2004

Helen Goff · Mar 9, 2004

as for the plastic rear screen..... just what were they thinking of ?????????????

weight[8D]

Andrew Killington · Mar 9, 2004

at least it offers more visibility (when not fogged) [&o][&o]

Helen Goff · Mar 9, 2004

umm im not sure about that. the views may be bigger but it not so clear

dawn lang · Mar 9, 2004

ORIGINAL: john holmes

To keep the plastic clean and supple Zymol is the best I have found unless anyone has tried anything better.

I've never tried Zymol, but Hindsight absolutely kicks ass! I treat my back screen twice a year, once just before the summer kicks in and once before I put the hard top on for the winter and its fantastic. It's even reduced the number of times I need to perform the legendary Boxster chop because the plastic screen folds much more easily.

I don't work for Hindsight - honest! [

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oliver · Mar 9, 2004

My wife has had three Boxsters - her current Boxster 'S' for four years.

All have had plastic rear screens and none have given any problems - except for the difficulty of cleaning the inside, and I normally get that job!

Jane Smart · Mar 9, 2004

Hi Dawn

Is there really such a thing caled Hindsight? I thought that you were joking the first time you mentioned it. Where do you get it from?

Like Oliver's wife, I also find it difficult to clean the inside of the windscreen. I just can't seem to get the wind deflector off, as I'm scared I might break it as it seems awkward. Does anyone else have that problem? A friend of mine has a boxster, and he couldn't get it off either.

Jane