Windscreen question

[dirtydirtyharry]

Having been stripping the car interior to find the casue of the wet carpets I have found 3 seperate leaks. One of which is the windscreen (upper passenger side). Rain is getting into the seal and dripping onto the roof lining and apparently down the a-pillar.

I cant see any problems with the rubber seal or indeed the way it has been 'seated'.

Im going to take my car to a windscreens place next week but I wanted to know if Im likely to need a new rubber winscreen seal. If the seal is damaged then could a windscreen place obtain one at reasonable cost or repair the current one?

Any ideas how much it would cost for a windscreen place to remove the windscreen and reset it?

Cheers fellas

 

[Wigeon Incognito]

You can buy the rubber seals from OPCs, if I remember correctly mine was £20 something when I bought it a couple of years ago.

The windscreen can be removed and reset, I was asked for £100. But the trouble is there's a fair chance it'll get broken whilst they do it meaning a new screen would be required that an insurer might not like paying for.

I decided to just buy a new windscreen and paid for it myself although it's odd how some peoples screens just seem to break when work like this needs doing...

 

[pauljmcnulty]

I decided to just buy a new windscreen and paid for it myself although it's odd how some peoples screens just seem to break when work like this needs doing...

You must be unique! Good to see one person not going down the "centre-punch" route.

I think Neil's car is an early one, from the avatar pic, so it's a different seal.

 

[944 man]

The aluminium and rubber trims on early/late cars are simply finishers: they arent supposed to make the waterproof seal. It sounds as though your windscreen isnt bonded in correctly (any longer). Id expect to pay about £40 for an independent fitter to remove and re-seal your screen.

 

[dirtydirtyharry]

Its an '86 oval dash. Cheers for the advice fellas. I think I will take it to an indepeandant windscreen place next week and ask them to reseat it. If the rubber trim is merely cosmetic as stated above then there is no point in me buying a new trim as the leak wont be due to the trim itself.

 

[944 man]

You can use a Renault 5 Turbo finisher if theyre still available. They fit as they only need trim three sides on a 944 and they used to be far cheaper than the original part, whilst looking the same.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Its an '86 oval dash.

In that case it's the later screen. I'll shut up now. [][]

 

[zcacogp]

There's a chap called "Glassman" on PH who seems to be very knowledgeable. I don't know where he is in relation to you, but it could be worth dropping him a line.


Oli.

 

[JM1962]

Are you sure the sunroof drain pipes have not become detached, assuming you have a sunroof. There are drain holes at the front and rear of the sunroof aperture.